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> * It's much more irregular to decode than other instruction sets/IRs

According to this blog post, it's not just "much more irregular to decode", instruction deciding is the Achilles Heel of x86 which allows M1 to be so fast by comparison.

https://debugger.medium.com/why-is-apples-m1-chip-so-fast-32...



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