Vertical Migration for Performance Enhancement in Layered Hardware/Firmware/Software Systems

1 May 1978

journal article
Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in Computer

Vol. 11 (5) , 35-50
https://doi.org/10.1109/c-m.1978.218182

Abstract

Vertical migration is a technique which improves system performance by moving software primitives through layers of application program and operating system software and microcode.

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