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The surprising subtleties of zeroing a register (2012)
Zeroing out a CPU register seems like the simplest and most basic operation imaginable, but in fact x86 CPUs contain a surprising amount of special logic to make this operation run smoothly. The mo…
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| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
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| Nov 4, 2021 | The surprising subtleties of zeroing a register (2012) by gtirloni | 112 | 59 |
| Feb 27, 2019 | The Surprising Subtleties of Zeroing a Register (2013) by ingve | 102 | 22 |
| Feb 8, 2016 | The Surprising Subtleties of Zeroing a Register (2012) by qznc | 62 | 3 |
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