Re: how is system geared down?

["Alexei Pytel" <pytel@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Pentium is CISC and it is microcode-driven.

    Alexei Pytel

"Pessimist is nothing but a well-informed optimist"




                                                                                
                   
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>It's just my instinct telling me this but I suspect that the microcode
>for the 2290 with Northstar is simply inserting the proper number of
>No-Ops instructions to achieve the proper lack of speed.  It's very


this make sense. it also leads to more academic questions:

Is microcode below the level of the power pc assembler code, so that the
hierarchy is mi, assembler, microcode?

does an intel pentium chip work the same way, is there microcode for each
pentium assembler instruction?

is microcode loaded at boot time or is it burned into the power pc chip at
the factory?








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