microcode
- noun
- /ˈmaɪkroʊkoʊd/
- Specialized
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microcódigo
- The processor executes its operations using microcode stored in its memory.
- microcode and microprocessor
And the controversy was with a microcode update.
- And the controversy was with a microcode update.
- So we're going to test them with the official guidance, but we can't evaluate the microcode until it ships.
Examples
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The hardware was redesigned, and the change (primarily in microcode) was retrofitted in the field.
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Prior CMOS generations had implemented these functions using microcode and existing system resources.
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Some people run it using a modern PC as the "microcode engine."
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Similar analyses can be performed to determine the effect of changes in microcode path length and data structures.
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So we're going to test them with the official guidance, but we can't evaluate the microcode until it ships.
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Management of these caches is also done by microcode running on the local microprocessor.
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High-function storage adapters used on most server systems include powerful microprocessors, complex microcode, and special-purpose hardware.
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The hardware-assisted move engine enables the movement of blocks of data from one area in main memory to another, with minimal microprocessor and microcode activity, allowing the system to perform other tasks while the data movement is underway.
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The System/360 architecture, introduced in 1964, was the definition of the interface to the machine, both hardware and microcode, as observable by the "program." This was one of the first instances of the use of the term "architecture" pertaining to a computer system.
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The improvement can be attributed to the more efficient use of memory buses, avoidance of cache thrashing, and reduced microprocessor and microcode overhead for performing page move operations.
Academic text (1999)
How Low-Level
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4.9
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8.1
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5.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Microcode combines micro- meaning 'small' and code meaning 'instructions', so it literally means 'small instructions'. These are the tiny instructions stored inside a computer's processor that tell it how to do basic tasks.