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Instruction decoding in the Intel 8087 floating-point chip

Ken Shirriff · 2026-02-14 Cached

A detailed reverse-engineering analysis of how the Intel 8087 floating-point coprocessor decodes instructions, explaining the interplay between the main CPU and coprocessor, the use of microcode ROM, and the bus interface unit.

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