An Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller (APIC) is a more intricate Programmable Interrupt Controller (PIC). It contains a magnitude more outputs and much more complex priority schemas.
One of the best known APICs, the Intel IO-APIC, is now replacing the original 8259A PIC in newer x86 PCs.
See Also
- Intel 8259
- Programmable Interrupt Controller
- Inter-Processor Interrupt
- Interrupt
- Interrupt Handler
- IO-APIC
- Non-Maskable Interrupt
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