Probably worth pointing out that the sections on microarchitecture stopped being representative with the pentium pro in the mid 90s. The processor still has a p

Probably worth pointing out that the sections on microarchitecture stopped being representative with the pentium pro in the mid 90s. The processor still has a pipeline, but it's much harder to stall it like that. http://www.lighterra.com/papers/modernmicroprocessors/ http://www.lighterra.com/papers/modernmicroprocessors/ is a good guide (Agner Fog's reference isn't really a book so I don't recommend it for the uninitiated)