There was a time when owning a computer meant you probably knew most or all of the instructions it could execute. Your modern PC, though, has a lot of instructions, many of them meant for specialized ...

Santa Clara, Calif., October 16, 2002 – Tensilica, Inc., the leader in configurable and extensible processors, announced that Bill Huffman, Tensilica’s Chief Architect, will preview the ...

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Are you sufficiently paranoid? If you’re not, there’s now Sandsifter. This project, just announced at Defcon 2017, tests your x86 processor for hidden instructions and bugs. “Sandsifter has uncovered ...

This paper presents an instruction set simulator of a 32-bit CPU and explains its use in embedded software development. Interaction of the ISS with transaction level model of a complex peripheral ...

A microprocessor is a complex, programmable integrated circuit (IC) on a single chip that can execute instructions. This generally includes CPUs found in computers but also refers to the ...

The Cambridge, England-based chip designer unveils an update to its Thumb set of processor instructions, hoping to help cell phones run faster and consume less energy. Michael Kanellos is editor at ...

On 3 January 2018, Google’s Project Zero reported that a technique used to improve the performance of modern microprocessors could be abused to efficiently leak information, leading to what it ...