>interesting that ARM1 was only 25,000 transistors. Did the i386 really have additional features that justify an order of magnitude?
you're asking somebody to answer RISC vs CISC in a subthread? there's not simple answer to that question, but the x86 family had a leg up with MSWindows compatibility and the processors they developed maintained that hegemony till they went astray with Itanium and were saved by amd64
you're asking somebody to answer RISC vs CISC in a subthread? there's not simple answer to that question, but the x86 family had a leg up with MSWindows compatibility and the processors they developed maintained that hegemony till they went astray with Itanium and were saved by amd64