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Re:How Many X86-64 Instructions Are There Anyway? by thetinguy on Sunday April 30, 2017 @11:31PM (#14235413)
You are correct. RISC did win. Modern x86 micro architectures are RISC under the hood. CISC instructions are implemented in microcode. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microcode
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