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		snvzz on Oct 21, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Microsoft killed the PowerPC 615 (1998) I expect RISC-V chips with a "x86 acceleration" mode will actually be a thing. From either AMD or Intel. And they will succeed.

musicale on Oct 21, 2023 [–]

On the ARM side Apple Silicon has an x86 memory ordering mode for Rosetta 2.

snvzz on Oct 21, 2023 | [–]

I suppose AMD and Intel would likely implement (or reuse) a full-blown frontend under a processor mode. Likely, limited to usermode.

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