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diff --git a/documentation/general/APIC b/documentation/general/APIC deleted file mode 100644 index b150f07..0000000 --- a/documentation/general/APIC +++ /dev/null @@ -1,16 +0,0 @@ -APIC - Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller (Wikipedia) - -Particularly enabling the construction of multiprocessor systems. -One of several architectural designs intended to solve interrupt routing efficiency issues in multiprocessor computer systems. - -Split architecture design: local component (LAPIC) and optional I/O APIC on a system bus. - -Intel: One LAPIC in each CPU and typically one I/O APIC for each peripheral bus in the system. - -Each APIC, whether a discrete chip or integrated in a CPU, has a version register containing a four-bit version number for its specific APIC implementation. For example, the 82489DX has an APIC version number of 0, while version 1 was assigned to the first generation of local APICs integrated in the Pentium 90 and 100 processors - -INTEGRATED LOCAL APICS ------------------------ -Manage all external interrupts for some specific processor in an SMP system. -In addition, able to accept and generate inter-processor interrupts (IPIs) between LAPICS. - |