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Microprogrammed implementation of a single chip microprocessor

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This paper considers microprogramming as a tool for implementing large scale integration, single-chip microprocessors. Design trade-offs for microprogrammed control are discussed in the context of semiconductor design constraints which limit the size, speed, complexity and pin-out of circuits. Aspects of the control unit of a new generation microprocessor, which has a two level microprogrammed structure, are presented.

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          cover image ACM SIGMICRO Newsletter
          ACM SIGMICRO Newsletter  Volume 9, Issue 4
          Dec. 1978
          160 pages
          ISSN:1050-916X
          DOI:10.1145/1014198
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