The death of Bit-slice
Michael J. Eager · ACM SIGMICRO newsletter/SIGMICRO newsletter/SIGMICRO, TCMICRO newsletter · 1987
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.