Microprogramming as a technique to minimize card types in high performance machine design
Charles M. Chu, Carl L. Olds · 1972
a n t e x p e n s e .Manufacturing and s p a r i n g c o s t s are r e l a t e d to the number of d i f f e r e n t t y p e s .Microprogramming r e g u l a r i z e s c o n t r o l l o g i c and, hence, a i d e s in a c h i e v i n g card commonality.However, problems do e x i s t in a p p l y i n g microprogrammin 9 to high performance machines.This paper d i s c u s s e s t h e s e problems and p