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Microprogram documentation with design in mind

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This paper discusses the dilemmas of microcode documentation. It discusses the traditional relationship between "designing" microcode and "documenting" microcode. It establishes a different relationship between designing and documenting, one where the primary emphasis is shifted to documentation. The activities of documenting become the "process" by which a quality design can be achieved. A strategic documentation framework combined with a high-level design language to form and test the proper solution is suggested as a means of achieving quality designs.

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    cover image ACM SIGMICRO Newsletter
    ACM SIGMICRO Newsletter  Volume 14, Issue 3
    September 1983
    20 pages
    ISSN:1050-916X
    DOI:10.1145/1218037
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    Association for Computing Machinery

    New York, NY, United States

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