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<rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Reverse Engineering x86 Processor Microcode · HackerPapers discussions</title><link>https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1910.00948/</link><description>Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.</description><language>en</language><lastBuildDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1910.00948/feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><item><title>Reverse Engineering x86 Processor Microcode — mentioned by peter_d_sherman</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26525159</link><guid isPermaLink="false">urn:hackerpapers:mention:1910.00948:26525159</guid><pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2021 18:51:35 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;p&gt;Sure, I&amp;#x27;ll bite! &amp;lt;g&amp;gt; I&amp;#x27;ve been down so many &amp;quot;rabbit holes&amp;quot; aka &amp;quot;levels of abstraction&amp;quot; aka &amp;quot;abstraction hierarchies&amp;quot; aka &amp;quot;turtles on top of turtles&amp;quot; aka &amp;quot;things stacked on top of other things&amp;quot; (compare with Monty Python&amp;#x27;s &amp;quot;society for putting things on top of other things&amp;quot;) in my life as a Programmer (and in my secret life as an Philosopher! Shhh, don&amp;#x27;t tell anyone! &amp;lt;g&amp;gt;. And yes, I know... &amp;quot;Keep the day job&amp;quot;...&amp;lt;g&amp;gt;) that one more (&amp;quot;I&amp;#x27;ll go down this last rabbit hole, and then I&amp;#x27;ll be finished, really!&amp;quot;) really won&amp;#x27;t make that much more difference! &amp;lt;g&amp;gt; Before I get started on that one though…&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1910.00948/"&gt;Paper and discussion history&lt;/a&gt;. A mention is not an endorsement.&lt;/p&gt;</description><category>cs.CR</category></item></channel></rss>
