
1) Central processing unit
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Cycle stealing is a method of accessing RAM without interfering with the CPU. It is similar to DMA for allowing I/O controllers to read or write RAM without CPU intervention. Clever exploitation of specific CPU or bus timings could permit the CPU to run at full speed without any delay if external devices may sneak in one RAM access to memory not a...
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