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by fstrthnscnd 1678 days ago
> Does the microcode contain any "junk code" that doesn't do anything?

> It seems to! While most of the unused parts of the ROM (64 instructions) are filled with zeroes, there are a few parts which aren't. The following instructions appear right at the end of the ROM

Could it be the signature of the microcode implementor?