• bamboo@lemm.ee
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    4 months ago

    Well, not exactly. You have to remove instructions at some point. That’s what Intel’s x86-S is supposed to be. You lose some backwards compatibility but they’re chosen to have the least impact on most users.

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      4 months ago

      Would this actually improve efficiency though or just reduce the manufacturing and development cost?

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        4 months ago

        Instruction decoding takes space and power. If there are fewer, smaller transistors dedicated to the task it will take less space and power.