80386 Microcode Disassembled (opens in new tab)
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: one is that it's absolutely huge (94720 bits) compared to the 8086 one (10752 bits) so (even with bitract or similar) it would be extremely tedious to transcode and check. The other reason is that I wouldn't know where to start with it - at least with the 8086 there was a patent which gave the ge...
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