Technique for software to identify features implemented in a pro

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1995-06-28

1997-09-23

Pan, Daniel H.

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39518213, 395311, 395500, 364DIG1, 364DIG2, G06F 1130, G06F 1206

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ABSTRACT:
A specialized set of read-only identification (ID) registers are used to store information relating to a microprocessor and its associated attributes, so that microcode is not needed to sequence through steps to obtain such processor identification. A software access a base ID (or identifier) register which includes family (type), model and step ID for the processor, as well as the number of "name" and "feature" registers present for conveying additional information pertaining to these attributes.

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