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Re:The legend of “x86 CPUs decode instructions into RISC for... by fulafel on Sunday June 18, 2023 @11:48AM (#36381298)
Are there references about it using the actual 29k instruction set internally? Some (non primary) sources from cursory web search seems to say it used custom micro-ops which it did call "RISC ops", and had other implementation pieces carried from a abandoned 29k chip project.
Re:The legend of “x86 CPUs decode instructions into RISC for... by p_l on Sunday June 18, 2023 @12:43PM (#36381857)
There are persistent mentions of being able to switch off the decoder and use plain AMD29K instructions, but I never found any proper docs - don't have K5 to test against either.