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The local APIC present in recent 80×86 microprocessors (see the

section “Interrupts and Exceptions” in Chapter 4) provides yet another

time-measuring device: the cpu local timer.

The cpu local timer is a device similar to the Programmable Interval

Timer just described that can issue one-shot or periodic interrupts.

There are,however,a few differences:

The APIC’s timer counter is 32 bits long,while the PIT’s timer counter is 16 bits long; therefore,the local timer can be programmed

to issue interrupts at very low frequencies (the counter stores the

number of ticks that must elapse before the interrupt is issued).

The local APIC timer sends an interrupt only to its processor,while the PIT raises a global interrupt,which may be handled by any

cpu in the system.

The APIC’s timer is based on the bus clock signal (or the APIC bus signal,in older machines). It can be programmed in such a way to

decrease the timer counter every 1,2,4,8,16,32,64,or 128 bus

clock signals. Conversely,the PIT,which makes use of its own clock

signals,can be programmed in a more flexible way.