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		carry_bit on Nov 27, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A bug fix in the 8086 microprocessor, revealed in ... I have a textbook on processor design from 1979, and microcode was the go-to technique described in it.

pwg on Nov 27, 2022 [–]

Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microcode#History) dates it back to 1951 and Maurice Wilkes.

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