Abstract
In 1982, Nick Tredennick [Tred82] described his view of the universe of microprogramming. He divided it into four "cultures:"Commercial Machine Culture The developers of general purpose computer families.Bit-Slice Culture The developers of specialized systems built with standard bit-slice components.Microprogrammable Machine Culture The developers of systems that can emulate several computer architectures.Single-Chip Culture The developers of microprocessors who use microprogramming as an implementation technique.
- {Tred82} Tredennick, Nick, "The "Cultures" of Microprogramming," Proc. 15th Annual Workshop on Microprogramming, Palo Alto, CA, Oct. 1982, pp. 79--83. Google Scholar
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- {Tred86} Tredennick, Nick, "The Impact of VLSI on Microprogramming," Proc. 19th Annual Workshop on Microprogramming, New York, Oct. 1986, pp. 2--7. Google Scholar
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(auto-classified)The death of Bit-slice
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