CISC Microprocessors

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From: Terry Ingoldsby
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 1989 18:41

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I tried posting this before, but I don't think it got out.  My
apologies if you see it twice.

Does anyone know which of the CISC microprocessors are microcoded
and which are hardwired?  I would expect the older (simpler) units
to be hardware implementations whereas the newer (fancier?) chips
would use microcode.  Do the vendors ever sell the same chip with
different microcode?  I have no practical reason to know this, I'm
just curious.




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From: ingoldsb@ctycal.COM (Terry Ingoldsby)
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Subject: CISC Microprocessors
Summary: Which microprocessors are microcoded?
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Date: 19 Jul 89 18:41:57 GMT
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