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> When the 801 shipped, almost no system had hard coded microcode. Intel 8086 was introduced in 1978, with hardcoded microcode. Intel didn’t introduce microcod
by skissane 4y ago
> When the 801 shipped, almost no system had hard coded microcode.
Intel 8086 was introduced in 1978, with hardcoded microcode. Intel didn’t introduce microcode patching support until the Pentium Pro in 1995.
- sitkack 4y agoIntel chips were not "systems", they were disposable microprocessors. Systems have updates and field support personnel. Lousy counterfactuals sleep furiously.