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Thats because x86 is an insanely complex architecture. Try one of the pseudo RISCs, e.g. ARM.

Check the MIPS R4000 Microprocessor User's Manual by Joe Heinrich to get a glimpse of a truly inspiring processor architecture and its implementation: http://groups.csail.mit.edu/cag/raw/documents/R4400_Uman_boo...

or a 6502