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Showing posts with label microcode. Show all posts
Showing posts with label microcode. Show all posts

Notes on the Pentium's microcode circuitry

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Most people think of machine instructions as the fundamental steps that a computer performs. However, many processors have another layer of ...
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Undocumented 8086 instructions, explained by the microcode

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What happens if you give the Intel 8086 processor an instruction that doesn't exist? A modern microprocessor (80186 and later) will g...
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