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Toward machine independent microcode

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This paper shows how both the microcode and the underlying hardware can be described together in a modular fashion in an Ada1-like environment. The description of the hardware uses libraries of component descriptions. The microcode description identifies the machine dependent portions, thus facilitating the portability of machine independent microcode to new architectures.

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    cover image ACM SIGMICRO Newsletter
    ACM SIGMICRO Newsletter  Volume 17, Issue 3
    Dec. 1986
    29 pages
    ISSN:1050-916X
    DOI:10.1145/378741
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    Association for Computing Machinery

    New York, NY, United States

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    • Published: 1 December 1986

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