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6f666579on The new microcode from Intel and AMD adds three new features

Thanks. A simple search returned that it is still being used by some universities. I should take a closer look after I'm done reading "Code".

6f666579on The new microcode from Intel and AMD adds three new features

Thanks! I'll take a look at his book. You're talking about "MOS", right?

6f666579on The new microcode from Intel and AMD adds three new features

Thanks! My object is actually merely to understand it myself. I'll stick to reading the book, and then finding a book on OS design etc. as the other commentators suggested.

6f666579on The new microcode from Intel and AMD adds three new features

This might be fundamentally irrelevant to this thread, but it got me wondering and I would like some assistance/guidance:

Whenever I read the mailing list, or threads related to it, I don't understand 99% of the stuff. Do I need to know C _very well_? Do I need to be familiar with kernel? If so, how do I go about doing that? At the moment I'm reading "Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software".