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Re:RISC in 2022 by skissane on Saturday October 22, 2022 @11:15PM (#33304260)
> When the 801 shipped, almost no system had hard coded microcode.

Intel 8086 was introduced in 1978, with hardcoded microcode. Intel didn’t introduce microcode patching support until the Pentium Pro in 1995.

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Re:RISC in 2022 by sitkack on Tuesday October 25, 2022 @01:17PM (#33333458)
Intel chips were not "systems", they were disposable microprocessors. Systems have updates and field support personnel. Lousy counterfactuals sleep furiously.
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