Intel 80386

INTERNAL ARCHITECTURE
The Execution Unit in turn consists of three subunits:
• Control Unit
•
Data Unit
•
Protection Test Unit
Figure 2-2 shows the organization of these units. This chapter describes the function of each
unit,
as well as interactions between units.
2.1 BUS INTERFACE UNIT
The Bus Interface Unit provides the interface between the 80386 and its environment. It
accepts internal requests for code fetches (from the Code Prefetch Unit) and data transfers
(from the Execution Unit), and prioritizes the requests.
At the same time, it generates or
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Figure 2-2. 80386 Functional Units
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