Top "Microprocessors" questions

A microprocessor incorporates the functions of a computer's central processing unit (CPU) on a single integrated circuit (IC).

What is the size of integer in 8-bit, 16-bit, 32-bit processors/microcontrollers?

What is the size of integer in 8-bit, 16-bit, 32-bit processors/microcontrollers ? I guess it depends on the internal accumulator/…

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how can build single board computer like Raspberry Pi for run OS?

my question is : how can build single board computer like Raspberry Pi for run OS ? user ARM micro processor and …

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What is the difference between processor (CPU) and microprocessor?

what is the difference between "processor (CPU)" and "microprocessor" in the sense of computer architecture? These terms confuse me.

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What is the minimum instruction set required for any Assembly language to be considered useful?

I am studying Assembly programming in general, so I've decided to try and implement a "virtual microprocessor" in software, which …

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is there a verilog tutorial where you build a very simple microprocessor?

I'm a programmer wishing to learn verilog. What would be amazingly neat would be a tutorial where one constructs a …

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How can I cause an instruction cache miss?

I've been tasked with generating a certain number of data-cache misses and instruction-cache misses. I've been able to handle the …

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How is a physical address generated in 8086?

In the 8086 architecture, the memory space is 1 MiB in size and divided into logical segments of up to 64 KiB each. …

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Sorting in ascending order using 8085.

So, here in the following code, I am writing a code to sort numbers in ascending order. start: nop MVI …

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Mutli-core Processors: Does each "core" run at the full clock speed or some fraction of the full clock frequency?

Let's say you have a single (1) Intel/AMD x86-64 bit 2 GHz 8 core processor. Does each of the 8 cores all …

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CPU TSC fetch operation especially in multicore-multi-processor environment

In Linux world, to get nano seconds precision timer/clockticks one can use : #include <sys/time.h> int …

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