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artem_dev | 3 years ago

It looks like a small CPU is working inside a bigger CPU :) Are there any books on this or on CPUs design?

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kens|3 years ago

"Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach" is the standard text. I like "Modern Processor Design: Fundamentals of Superscalar Processors" for an explanation of how superscalar processors work.

pwg|3 years ago

If you can find a copy, "Computer Organization" by V. Carl Hamacher, Zvonko G. Vranesic and Safwat G. Zaky, published by Mcgraw-Hill has, at least in my copy of the 2nd edition, a nice chapter on microcode control units.

If you can find a copy, reading the prior chapter on hardwired control units might be reasonable as it is somewhat "background" for following the microcode chapter.