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Assembly Language
Q91 / 100
What is a micro-operation (uop) in modern Intel architecture?
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The correct answer is B) The internal RISC-like operations that complex x86 instructions are decoded into, enabling out-of-order execution on execution units
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Correct Answer
The internal RISC-like operations that complex x86 instructions are decoded into, enabling out-of-order execution on execution units
Explanation
x86 instructions are decoded into 1-4 micro-ops by the front-end. The out-of-order engine schedules uops independently. ADD has 1 uop; PUSH has 2 (compute address + store).
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