Disassembling the 80386 Microcode: A Deep Dive into Intel's Processor Architecture
After I posted 8086 microcode disassembled, Ken Shirriff sent me a high-resolution image of the microcode ROM from the 80386. I didn't expect I would ever do anything with it for a couple of reasons…
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