x86 mov insns & short history of the most popular CPU architecture

Joonas Yliluoma explains the history of register-to-register move instructions in x86 and how early CPU designs shaped the architecture.

Intel & AMD are the two main players responsible for shaping the x86_64 architecture that is used today in almost all PCs. But did you know that a company called Zilog also had a hand in it? This video studies the tale of register-to-register MOVe instructions in the x86_64 arch, and the history that led into it. Become a member: youtube.com/Bisqwit/join Twitter: twitter.com/RealBisqwit Liberapay: liberapay.com/Bisqwit Steady: steadyhq.com/en/bisqwit Patreon: patreon.com/Bisqwit (Other options at bisqwit.iki.fi/donate.html) Twitch: twitch.tv/RealBisqwit Homepage: iki.fi/bisqwit/ You can contribute subtitles: youtube.com/timedtext_video?ref=share&v=g9_FYRAfyqQ Mailing address:  J. YLILUOMA  P.O. Box 16  FI–04301 TUUSULA  FINLAND Downloads: — The original presentation (ODP format): bisqwit.iki.fi/jkp/x86registers.odp (for use as reference) Acknowledgement: — Music: Car Setting :: The King of Rally :: Yusuke Takahama (SPC-OPL3 conversion) — Music: Game04 :: Descent :: Interplay — Music: Fierce Battle :: Final Fantasy V :: Nobuo Uematsu (SPC-OPL3 conversion) — Music: Oasis :: Tales of Phantasia :: Motoi Sakuraba (SPC-OPL3 conversion) — Music: Heroes’ Adventure :: Energy Breaker :: Yukio Nakajima (SPC-OPL3 conversion) — SFX: Mostly from YouTube Audio Library. Some from The Guardian Legend & Lunar Ball. SPC-OPL3 conversion refers to the homebrew process described in this video: youtu.be/7IeO7CYFd9E #bisqwit #x86_64 #tutorial