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The ECLIPSE® MV/8000 Microsequencer

Published:30 November 1980Publication History
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The MV/8000 Microsequencing subsection is presented as a case study of a microprogrammed CPU engine. A brief, but comprehensive, description of the micro-orders are discussed with both hardware and firmware aspects considered. Features that are highlighted include: Micro-interruptability (a micro-trapping mechanism); True microsubroutining of macroinstructions (IPOP); Micro-dispatching capability; and test and toggle micro-controllable flags.

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  1. 1 "ECLIPSE MV/8000 Product Summary", Data General Corporation, 014-000650Google ScholarGoogle Scholar
  2. 2 "ECLIPSE MV/8000 Principles of Operation", Data General Corporation, 014-000648Google ScholarGoogle Scholar
  3. 3 "ECLIPSE MV/8000 System Control Processor", Data General Corporation, 014-000649Google ScholarGoogle Scholar
  4. 4 "ECLIPSE MV/8000 Microinstruction Format: UINSTLS", Data General Corporation, 080-005005Google ScholarGoogle Scholar

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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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