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Re:X86's Days as a Consumer Microarchitecture are Numbered by yvdriess on Tuesday November 29, 2011 @07:56AM (#3290107)
I just want to point out that the RISC/CISC term is anachronistic, it doesn't really apply anymore to the desktop and server world. Intel's x86 processors are RISC micro-instructions but with a CISC-like interface for example, effectively blending both. It's what allowed them to race ahead of all competitors in the first place.

edit: My excuses, I couldn't access the cited arstechnica article.

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Re:X86's Days as a Consumer Microarchitecture are Numbered by obtu on Tuesday November 29, 2011 @08:40AM (#3290225)
The linked Ars Technica article in fact agrees with you, but retains the term to describe competing design philosophies.
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