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A microprogrammed interrupt service routine using the ECLIPSE computer

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In a real-time process control environment, it is common for a processor to spend a sizable amount of time servicing interrupts. It is reasonable, then, to search for methods to decrease this time. One such technique involves the implementation of the routine at the microprogram level.This paper relates to the comparison of a microprogrammed and machine-level programmed interrupt service routine. It is shown that a reduction in time spent in the routine is achievable using microprogramming.

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    cover image ACM SIGMICRO Newsletter
    ACM SIGMICRO Newsletter  Volume 9, Issue 1
    March 1978
    32 pages
    ISSN:1050-916X
    DOI:10.1145/1096525
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    New York, NY, United States

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