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...

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...

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...

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

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

operability starts on the basis of microcode development, defined as a sequence of micro instructions (microcoding) for a virtual control unit, the software's...

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

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

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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...

perform some of these tasks with much greater speed. The introduction of microcode in the 1960s allowed these instructions to be included in the system's...

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...

RISC processor controlled either by a microcode in ROM or by downloadable firmware. Various forms of microcode were shipped for different applications...

set architecture (ISA) dedicated to the language they were using. The microcode instruction set was stored in static RAM. There was no default ISA, although...

1100/64). The 1100/60 introduced a new feature to the line: the CPUs used microcode that was loaded during the booting process. The booting process was controlled...

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...

only partially compatible Model 44 and the most expensive systems use microcode to implement the instruction set, featuring 8-bit byte addressing and...

implemented the System/3 instruction set in microcode. The System/32 processor utilized a vertical microcode format, with each microinstruction occupying...

one clock cycle, and microcode to implement ones that take multiple clock cycles to complete. One of the first integrated microcoded processors was the...

free (libre) or open-source. Proprietary firmware (and especially the microcode) is much more difficult to avoid than proprietary software or even proprietary...