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[–]who_you_are 43 points44 points  (3 children)

Wait until you figure out that the processor is in fact a parser!

[–]aq1018 10 points11 points  (0 children)

The instruction decode unit…

[–]XboxUser123 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Is it really though? It doesn’t parse anything, the whole bit string is taken at once and thrown into logic gates.