Uptake of CPUID Instructions Outside X86
The Intel-AMD x86 family has so far been the only CPU family to have a CPUID instruction. RISC, DSP and transputer like chip families have not taken up the instruction in any noticeable way, in spite of having (in relative terms) as many variations in design. ARM architectures have a CPUID coprocessor register for the same purpose.
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