(09-19-2014, 07:50 AM)NaturalViolence Wrote: Isn't the definition of an x86 cpu a cpu that can execute x86 code natively? I don't know of any cpus that can run multiple ISAs at the physical level.
You're describing a Transmeta CPU which weren't very popular, but they were fairly good.
Nvidia owns a license for a the Transmeta design which they are using for their ARMv8 compatible CPU.
Transmeta got in trouble and was barred from releasing CPUs that run x86 code after a while.
With the company no longer existing, I don't expect Nvidia to be attempting to fix the licensing nonsense to try and make their CPU work with x86 instead of ARMv8
