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		raverbashing 9 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The scourge of x86 emulation I think it's more like a (kinda) VLIW machine but yes, pretty much
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MiroslavPokorny 8 days ago [–]

VLIW implies packets of different independent instructions that can be executed in parallel. I dont think this definition is ever true for the vast majority of x86 instructions.

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