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A visual microprogramming system

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A visual microprogramming system has been developed to support all aspects of the microprogramming process for a microprogrammed computer. The user can specify microoperations on a displayed hardware configuration. A graphical microprogram list has also been designed to display several microinstructions on the screen. Optimization may also be done on the screen. A visual simulator graphically illustrates the execution of microoperations on the screen, while allowing the user to control the simulator by using several commands. Preliminary evaluation results are also presented.

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        cover image ACM SIGMICRO Newsletter
        ACM SIGMICRO Newsletter  Volume 19, Issue 1-2
        June 1988
        66 pages
        ISSN:1050-916X
        DOI:10.1145/62197
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