MicroVAX II

From: Andy Holt <andyh_at_andyh-rayleigh.freeserve.co.uk>
Date: Wed Nov 27 01:33:00 2002

> Dude.. I have a hard time explaining to friends what microcode *is*.
> They do not get the idea of single-stepping a CPU through its microcode..
>
(Yes, I know you mention microcode, but ...)
As most (all?) current CPUs are to some extent or other superscalar, the
concept of single-stepping is, in itself, not well defined for these
processors.

Andy
Received on Wed Nov 27 2002 - 01:33:00 GMT