microcode

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And what the inexorable forces of comparative advantage thus revealed was that the U.S. economy would evolve to the point where Americans excelled at only four things: "music, movies, microcode (software), high-speed pizza delivery ...."

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  • The microcode for the newest GPUs has also been released. —  Latest News from SYS-CON MEDIA
  • A new bus, managed by a command engine that runs in microcode, streamlines the reading of commonly requested system information, such as thermal sensors and processor power states, and provides a standardized means of transmitting commands for things like power capping. —  Infoworld News
  • Commodore, etc. One of my favorite patents is US Patent 4325121 which is a very detailed discussion of the inner working of the Motorola 68000 (this even includes a complete listing of the microcode). —  Slashdot: Your Rights Online
  • Attempting to write Tibet, Democracy, or anything the PRC deems harmful (via microcode updates) destroys the unit. —  Slashdot: Hardware
  • It claims the manufacturer infringes copyrights Microchip holds for the "microcode" used in some of its older integrated circuits. —  azcentral.com | news
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