Computer performance improvement by measurement and microprogramming
- 1 April 1975
- journal article
- Published by Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) in ACM SIGMICRO Newsletter
- Vol. 6 (1) , 7-14
- https://doi.org/10.1145/1217172.1217174
Abstract
MICROPROGRAMMING , or microcode, is a comparatively old technique for computer design. It was first described by Wilkes in 1951, when most logic gates were vacuum tubes and the transistor was only a three-year-old infant. The original objective was "to provide a systematic alternative to the somewhat ad hoc procedure used for designing the control system" of a computer.Keywords
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