Is x86 entirely virtualized on the silicon these days? From what I understand, the silicon doesn't actually correspond to the 80x86 design anymore, and is instead designed to effectively emulate x86 instructions - am I correct, or is this wrong entirely? I just cannot imagine that these CPU's are still handling 32-bit x86 instructions in the physical silicon. It's got to be virtualized by now, right?
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Is x86 entirely virtualized on the silicon these days? From what I understand, the silicon doesn't actually correspond to the 80x86 design anymore, and is instead designed to effectively emulate x86 instructions - am I correct, or is this wrong entirely? I just cannot imagine that these CPU's are still handling 32-bit x86 instructions in the physical silicon. It's got to be virtualized by now, right?
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