2 ms·

The term microcode has become muddled in that you have microcode for implementing highly complex instructions and "microcode" as-in an internal target that X86

by mhh__ 4y ago

The term microcode has become muddled in that you have microcode for implementing highly complex instructions and "microcode" as-in an internal target that X86 instructions are translated into.

rep_lodsb 4y ago
The internal instruction format is commonly called micro-ops / uops. But easy to confuse those terms.
- mhh__ 4y ago
  I know, however lots of people make it up as they go along.