An Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller (APIC) is a more intricate Programmable Interrupt Controller (PIC) containing a magnitude more outputs and much more complex priority schemas. Advanced IRQ management.
One of the best known APIC architectures, the Intel APIC Architecture, is now replacing the original 8259A PIC in newer x86 PCs.
More Information
More information on the Intel APIC can be found in the IA-32 Intel® Architecture Software Developer’s Manual, Volume 3A: System Programming Guide, Part 1, freely available on the Intel website.
When booting Linux, APIC can be disabled using the 'noapic' kernel boot argument.
See also
External links
 | This computer hardware article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |