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On Thu, 5 Nov 2026 03:34:03 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:

> On Wed, 4 Nov 2026 19:04:22 -0700, Peter Flass wrote:
> 
>> x86 is RISC under the hood.
> 
> That’s nonsense. That’s Intel/AMD PR talking.

What do you call micro-operations?