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Re:Microcode: the place where hardware and software meet by dag11 on Sunday March 10, 2013 @12:02PM (#5352346)
Donn Stewart has a very enlightening and relatively simple explanation on the very basics of how a CPU works, which includes a great explanation of microcode and the control cycle.

http://cpuville.com/cpu_design.pdf

And here's his main site: http://cpuville.com

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Re:Microcode: the place where hardware and software meet by ColinWright on Sunday March 10, 2013 @02:37PM (#5352907)
Clicking on http://cpuville.com/cpu_design.pdf gives me:

    Forbidden
    Remote Host: [<redacted>]

    You do not have permission to access this
    page or file

    Data files must be stored on the same site
    they are linked from.
To see the PDF you need to visit the main page and then click through. Fortunately, if you first try the forbidden page, the link you want will already be purple for you.
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Re:Microcode: the place where hardware and software meet by krapp on Sunday March 10, 2013 @02:43PM (#5352946)
I can see it by turning off my referer in Firefox.
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Re:Microcode: the place where hardware and software meet by csense on Monday March 11, 2013 @01:55AM (#5355142)
If you're having trouble viewing, the easiest way is to copy-and-paste the URL into a new window or tab.

(As noted by krapp, it's a referer check)

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