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Advanced Synchronization Facility (ASF) is a proposed extension to the x86 instruction set architecture that adds hardware transactional memory support. It was introduced by AMD; the latest specification was dated March 2009.[1] As of October 2013, it is still in the proposal stage.[2] No released microprocessors implement the extension.

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  1. ^ "Advanced Synchronization Facility Proposed Architectural Specification" (PDF). AMD. Mar 2009. Retrieved 2013-10-27.
  2. ^ "AMD 'Advanced Synchronization Facility' Proposal". AMD. Retrieved 2013-10-27.
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