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x86 is an Intel CPU architecture that originated with the 16-bit 8086 processor in 1978. Today, the term x86 is used generally to refer to any 32-bit processor compatible with the x86 instruction.

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x86 MUL operation at hardware level

I understand the x86 operation to perform integer multiplication of two numbers (e.g. on 64 bits) is MUL. My question is, how is this operation generally implemented at the hardware level? …
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