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does data and instruction memory we see in the data path corresponds to the L1 Instruction and Data cache inside of the core?

In CPU data path there are blocks called data memory and instruction memory ? Are these blocks L1 Instruction and L1 data caches ? For instance check figure 4.10 in this link. We know that generally ...
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Is it possible to make the "arithmetic" part of the ALU to be mircoprogrammed?

We know that the Arithmetic and Logic Unit in CPU is a hardware, it is a combinational circuit. Binary addition, for example, is very fast because it doesn't have to be microprogrammed; there is ...
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What does it means that a MCU has support for OpenGL?

I am trying to understand the meaning of when someone says that PowerPC 7410 CPU has support for OpenGL based software. Does it mean that there are any specific instruction in its ISA architecture ...
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