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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

I can't wait for a non speculative execution, non spooked, not glowing cpu. I honestly don't care how slow it would be, so long it can run Linux, firefox and VSCodium (or if forced, i'll learn Neo Vim). I just hope RISC will make my dreams real.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm no expert here, but I'm pretty sure branch prediction logic is not part of the instruction set, so I don't see how RISC alone would "fix" these types of issues.

I think you have to go back 20-30 years to get CPUs without branch prediction logic. And VSCodium is quite the resource hog (as is the modern web), so good luck with that.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Guess I'm fucked 🥲

thank you for your infomative answer

[–] Willdrick 7 points 2 months ago

Got a 486 DX4 to sell you 🤣