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For CPU, there is no another processor that can run all the abstraction software so it has to be done in hardware or in software in a way that is transparent to
by dfox 12y ago
For CPU, there is no another processor that can run all the abstraction software so it has to be done in hardware or in software in a way that is transparent to user (microcode, Transmeta-style JIT...).
- abecedarius 12y agoThat's an implementation detail: the manufacturer supplies the system software, and by this argument you're not supposed to care where it runs.