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Author here for all your 8086 questions :-) By the way, HN's title editing makes the title appear a bit strange. Of course flip-flops are implemented in the pr
by kens 3y ago
Author here for all your 8086 questions :-)
By the way, HN's title editing makes the title appear a bit strange. Of course flip-flops are implemented in the processor. The article describes how they are implemented.
- Tomte 3y agoYou're right, I edited the title. This HN misfeature regularly makes me furious.
- mochomocha 3y agoI just wanted to express gratitude for the amazing work you're doing. As someone with no hardware background, I learnt a lot from reading your blog, and I marvel at the amount of collective human intelligence packed into all the tiny chips surrounding our daily lives.
- kens 3y agoThanks! Yes, it's amazing how much effort is packed into tiny chips, especially when you consider that the 8086 was 45 years ago.
- phkahler 3y agoI've toyed with the idea of a flip-flop that captures the input on both rising and falling edges. Doing this at the gate level seems inefficient, so I've wondered if there is a better way to design it, and if anyone uses such a thing in production. What do you think?
- basementcat 3y agoDouble sided flip flops are used in DDR SDRAM and many other applications. https://docs.xilinx.com/r/en-US/am010-versal-selectio/Double-Data-Rate-Flip-Flops https://docs.xilinx.com/r/en-US/am010-versal-selectio/Double...
- imtringued 3y agoThis is where the double in "double data rate" comes from.
- brudgers 3y agoUnderstanding that the wires are used as capacitors makes the tiny scale of the tiny electronics inside chips make sense. I feel inside-the-sausage-factory enlightenment. Which practically speaking might be the best kind I will experience. Thank you.