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Re:X86 mov is turing complete: mov-only compiler by userbinator on Sunday June 21, 2015 @08:15AM (#9753116)
what would happen if someone made a processor that only executed mov instructions, which would be extremely simple, and presumably would be really goddamn fast.

The laws of physics get in the way. It's essentially the same reason why clock frequencies have stopped going up.

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