10. Microarchitecture Processing

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The Microarchitecture context processing is related to the use of a more complex set of hard wired (firmware) computer processing unit controls. This changes the way the computer handles the processing of instructions by using more complex methods of controlling the programming cycles. Instead of fetch-decode-execute, the instructions are brought into the CPU in a group (as a list) so that they can be run in parallel. Running the commands in parallel (with parallel CPU processes available) increases the number of commands run in a given time and thus speeds up the computer’s processing. This context is a new processing capability in the CPU that allows parallel processing of commands; the variations are the particular use of this in specific chips. This is a new (recent) context of computing.

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