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Programming a microcoded processor for speech waveform generation

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One effective way to exploit decreasing hardware costs is to build processors tailored to highly specialized tasks. Our experience with the specification, design and programming of a hardware realization of a terminal analog model of the human vocal tract are discussed.

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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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