What is Micro-operation?

A simple internal operation into which a CPU decodes an instruction, also written μop. x86 CPUs split complex instructions into μops and execute them with RISC-like fast techniques.

Field: ISA & Assembly

Related terms

Addressing mode Application binary interface (ABI) Assembler Branch delay slot Callee-saved register Caller-saved register Calling convention Compressed instruction Condition code Frame pointer

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