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Jim Keller goes into some detail about what difference the ISA makes in general in this clip https://youtu.be/yTMRGERZrQE?si=u-dEXwxp0MWPQumy

Spoiler, it's not much because most of the actual execution time is spent in a handful of basic OPs.

Branch prediction is where the magic happens today.

>>mhast+(OP)
>Spoiler, it's not much because most of the actual execution time is spent in a handful of basic OPs.

Yet, on a CISC ISA, you still have to support everything else, which is essentially cruft.

>>mhast+(OP)
Jim Keller has to say that.

>>snvzz+Jr
Does that matter? I lean towards the yes-the-ISA-matters camp, but I'm also under the impression that most silicon is dark.

>>IshKeb+fd1
The stage is yours if you choose to refute him.