Re: Is a RISC chip more expensive?

Benny Amorsen <benny+usenet@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

"SS" == Stephen Sprunk <stephen@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

SS> Modern x86 chips are RISCs with a decoder slapped on the front
SS> that translates CISC code. You are, in essence, asking if RISC
SS> chips are more expensive than RISC chips.

Is that not how microcoded CISC always worked?

More or less, except that the decoder could also be written in
microcode, making it more like interpretation than compilation.

Torben
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