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The many faces of microprogramming: what started out as a convenience for systems designers may eventually bring computers much better tailored to users' needs

Published:01 January 1972Publication History
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This is the twentieth anniversary of "microprogramming," a term coined by M. V. Wilkes of Cambridge University, England to describe a method he proposed for a more orderly approach to the design of the control sections of computers. During these twenty years the techniques of microprogramming have served engineers well. For systems designers at IBM it provided a tool to produce the most successful family of computers in history --- the 360's.

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    cover image ACM SIGMICRO Newsletter
    ACM SIGMICRO Newsletter  Volume 2, Issue 4
    January 1972
    31 pages
    ISSN:1050-916X
    DOI:10.1145/1316527
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    Association for Computing Machinery

    New York, NY, United States

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