I think we'll pretty soon see computers with higher RAM requirements because of reduced instructions. It's exciting though as Intel hasn't been able to cross new barriers with CISC. RISC/ARM, RISC-V will one day help us to get massive core counts.
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MIPS 32 bits -> 502.4K
ARM 32 bits -> 718K
Intel 32 bits (i386) -> 983K
Intel 64 bits (x86_64) -> 1.1M