x86 Decoding Simulation in the 486

Опубликовано: 30 Март 2026
на канале: RTL Engineering
1,123
58

Chapters have been marked, feel free to go directly to the simulation, skipping the intro and explanation.

A supplementary video for the longer video on x86 front end complexity. This is a toy simulation of how the decoder in the 486 worked.

Chapters
0:00 Introduction and Decoding Rules
1:14 Simulation Overview
2:50 Simulation
3:22 Comparison with other Architectures

Attributions:
Decode icons created by Freepik - Flaticon