Re:AI is forcing us to pay off 40 years of technical debt
by renox on Wednesday November 04, 2026 @09:10AM
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> CISC instructions take up less space than the equivalent RISC instructions
In theory CISC instructions take les space than the equivalent RISC instructions, but x86 has lots of legacy features which makes it far less efficient than a CISC could be.
In theory CISC instructions take les space than the equivalent RISC instructions, but x86 has lots of legacy features which makes it far less efficient than a CISC could be.