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Automatic synthesis of microcontrollers

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A method is proposed for automating the design of a microcontroller from a register transfer level description of a digital system. This method designs the format of the control word, determines the timing of branch decisions, and specifies the content of the microprogram. A data structure is introduced which supports some heuristic optimization of the design. The goal of the design method is to produce correct designs that are partially optimized with a practical amount of computing effort. An example is given to show how the method works.

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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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