x86 Front End Complexity (Part 2 - Pentium MMX)
Channel: RTL Engineering
Date: 2022-05-04

The second part of a longer video talking about the complications introduced by the x86 instructions set as it relates to front end architecture design, and how early processors handled this complexity. This video covers the Pentium MMX (P55C). The next part will cover the AMD K6 and Intel P6.


Chapters:
0:00 Recap and Problem Statement
2:32 Possible Solutions
6:04 Actual Solution
8:05 Solution Evaluation and Addition
9:00 Official Front End
11:38 Detailed Pentium MMX Front End
15:00 Front End Analysis