In processor design, microcode serves as an intermediary layer situated between the central processing unit (CPU) hardware and the programmer-visible...

Intel microcode is microcode that runs inside x86 processors made by Intel. Since the P6 microarchitecture introduced in the mid-1990s, the microcode programs...

CircuitMaker, TraxMaker and SimCode were originally developed by the Orem-based MicroCode Engineering, Inc. since 1988. CircuitMaker 5 for Windows 3.1, 9x and NT...

provided to customers as a means of writing customized microcode. In the process of microcode assembly it is helpful to verify the microprogram with emulation...

computers are built using "writable microcode" — rather than storing the microcode in ROM or hard-wired logic, the microcode is stored in a RAM called a writable...

directly in microcode as part of the Horizontal Microcode. The Horizontal Microcode resided in control store; it corresponded to traditional microcode. Vertical...

even lower unit of processing known as microcode which interprets the machine code and it is then that the microcode instructions would be the genuine primitives...

(L1TF). They reported that previously released microcode updates, along with new, pre-release microcode updates can be used to mitigate these flaws. On...

sequence of simpler instructions. One reason for this was that architects (microcode writers) sometimes "over-designed" assembly language instructions, including...

the complexity of computer circuits. Writing microcode is often called microprogramming and the microcode in a particular processor implementation is sometimes...

result of a more software-centric approach. Other enhancements included microcode instructions for the multiply and divide assembly language instructions...

BIOS contain patches to the processor microcode that fix errors in the initial processor microcode; microcode is loaded into processor's SRAM so reprogramming...

its complex arithmetic. Microcode instructions move data between the CPU and the memory controller. Memory controller microcode instructions manipulate...

distributor is also FRS.[clarification needed] In cases of firmware or microcode, it is acceptable for major open-source projects like OpenBSD to include...

contemporary processor design, which was based on the concept of using microcode. IBM had been among the first to make widespread use of this technique...

Alto Hardware Manual by Xerox PARC. Alto uses a microcoded design, but unlike many computers, the microcode engine is not hidden from the programmer in a...

which resulted in disabling the TSX/TSX-NI feature on affected CPUs via a microcode update. In 2016, a side-channel timing attack was found by abusing the...

is another yet smaller computer called a microsequencer, which runs a microcode program that causes all of these events to happen. The control unit, ALU...

Virtual machine Types of code Source code Object code Bytecode Machine code Microcode Compilation strategies Ahead-of-time (AOT) Just-in-time (JIT) Tracing...

architecture is implemented by an even more fundamental underlying layer called microcode, providing a common machine language interface across a line or family...

of the Intel CPUs and the original Intel microcode. In its ruling, the court determined that the microcode in the control store constitutes a computer...

by their trip through the microcode. If the microcode was removed, the programs would run faster. And since the microcode ultimately took a complex instruction...

high-speed memory) into which microcode firmware would be loaded. Many software functions would be moved to microcode, and instruction sets could be...

applied to code running outside the kernel, such as system firmware images, microcode updates, or userland programs. The term blob was first used in database...

definition) "horizontal microcode" instruction format, with each word containing 15 (or 25) separate fields. There are 2816 words of microcode storage. Read-only...

copied the microcode of the 8086 processor in their NEC V20 clone. A US judge ruled that while the early, internal revisions of NEC's microcode were indeed...

instability. Intel claims these issues have been since fixed in the latest microcode patches, which requires updating the motherboard's BIOS. Raptor Lake launched...

Linux-libre does not suggest the user install CPU microcode update bundles, since the code is proprietary. Microcode update bundles have been used in the mainline...

The PALM (Program All Logic in Microcode) is a 16-bit central processing unit (CPU) developed by IBM. It was used in the IBM 5100 Portable Computer, a...

the Am2900 bit-slice microprocessor family. When Intel began installing microcode in its microprocessors in 1976, it entered into a cross-licensing agreement...