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CPUs are already "programmable" via microcode updates.
by deelowe 6y ago
CPUs are already "programmable" via microcode updates.
- cwzwarich 6y agoPretty much every new non-x86 CPU doesn't have updatable microcode, so that's a very x86-centric problem.
- gtsteve 6y agoMicrocode is loaded when the OS starts though right? At the very least it's not persistent.
- deelowe 6y agoBIOS or OS
- pjmlp 6y agoAnd have been since ages, that was one of the themes regarding RISC Vs CISC design.