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Re:80386 Microcode Disassembled by deskamess on Saturday May 23, 2026 @09:11AM (#48247366)
Do you know if nand2tetris covers/uses microcode?
Re:80386 Microcode Disassembled by drivers99 on Saturday May 23, 2026 @10:34AM (#48248083)
It doesn’t. I posted a reply to the same comment before I saw your question. Even the books I mentioned didn’t really get into it. I tried a search for some that did and ran across Constructing a Microprogrammed Computer by O.J. Mengali which looks interesting. It says it has you implement the microcode for 4 different architectures. I’m going to check it out.
Re:80386 Microcode Disassembled by mettamage on Saturday May 23, 2026 @11:29AM (#48248522)
Ah that's a shame. I had a computer systems course at uni where we were playing around with the microcode from the MIC-1 created by Tanenbaum. I sort of figured that Nand2Tetris just had that in it.