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The micro-architecture of the ECLIPSE® MV/8000: Conception and implementation

Published:30 November 1980Publication History
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The microcode of the ECLIPSE MV/8000 controls the hardware to emulate an instruction set. In the MV/8000 the micro-architecture is defined and limited by the following constraints: 1) the desire to implement microcode in a limited number of locations; 2) the use of LSI technology; 3) a virtual memory architecture.

This paper will attempt to show how each of these factors contributed to the micro-architecture, to describe that architecture, and to relate some of the more interesting microcoding issues.

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        cover image ACM SIGMICRO Newsletter
        ACM SIGMICRO Newsletter  Volume 11, Issue 3-4
        Dec. 1980
        177 pages
        ISSN:1050-916X
        DOI:10.1145/1014190
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        New York, NY, United States

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        • Published: 30 November 1980

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