Re: Microprogramming
Re: Microprogramming
- Subject: Re: Microprogramming
- From: Chris Page <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2005 11:26:27 -0800
On Feb 15, 2005, at 18:45, Thomas DeGregorio wrote:
I wanted to know about microcoding because I thought it would be cool
to add the computer from our text book's instruction sets to a
assembler on my computer.
To me, "microprogramming" means "defining instructions for a CPU" using
microcode. Is that what you mean? If so, you're out of luck because the
PowerPC does not have user-accessible microcode (if it has any at all).
<http://www.cs.clemson.edu/~mark/uprog.html>
Although loose usage has sometimes equated the term "microprogramming"
with the idea of "programming a microcomputer", this is not the
standard definition. Rather, microprogramming is a systematic
technique for implementing the control unit of a computer. It is a
form of stored-program logic that substitutes for sequential-logic
control circuitry.
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Chris Page - Software Wrangler - Dylan Pundit
That’s “Chris” with a silent *and* invisible “3”.
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