X86 processors are really RISC CPUs posing as CISC CPUs by implementing the x86 instructions by translating them using a mix of hardware and microcode

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X86 processors are really RISC CPUs posing as CISC CPUs by implementing the x86 instructions by translating them using a mix of hardware and microcode (hackaday.com)

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The comments section devolved pretty quick. IBM does still sell RISC and PPC processors. If IBM could work the consumer market they probably could get powerpc back on the desktop of the average pleb.

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