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minus-squarebamboo@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoWell, 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.
minus-squarebamboo@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoInstruction decoding takes space and power. If there are fewer, smaller transistors dedicated to the task it will take less space and power.
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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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Instruction decoding takes space and power. If there are fewer, smaller transistors dedicated to the task it will take less space and power.