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Re:AMD Claims Arm ISA Doesn't Offer Efficiency Advantage ove... by astrange on Monday September 08, 2025 @07:32PM (#45175503)
uOps are kind of oversold in the CPU design mythos. They are not that different from the original ISA, and some x86 instructions (like lea) are both complex and natural fits for hardware so don't get microcoded.
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