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MASCO: An academic exercise in computer design using microprogramming

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Jack N. Fenner,

Jeffery A. Schmidt,

Houssam A. Halabi,

Dharma P. AgrawalAuthors Info & Claims

ACM SIGMICRO Newsletter, Volume 15, Issue 4

Pages 21 - 30

https://doi.org/10.1145/384281.808209

Published: 01 December 1984 Publication History

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Abstract

The design of a host machine architecture for implementing an existing image machine architecture is considered. The proposed microarchitecture uses a microprogrammed control unit to emulate the Motorola MC6809 microprocessor architecture.

The detailed hardware characteristics of the proposed machine are described and the microinstruction set is defined. The microroutines that emulate the MC6809 instruction set have been developed. A practical implementation using current technology is studied and some realistic timing characteristics are determined. The simulation of the proposed architecture is reviewed and the performance is evaluated. Finally, comparisons with existing models are made and the results are discussed.

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Motorola Inc., MC6809 Preliminary Programming Manual, Austin, 1979.

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A. C. Staugaard, Jr., 6809 Microcomputer Programming & Interfacing with Experiments, Howard W. Sams & Co., Inc., Indianapolis, 1981.

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Index Terms

MASCO: An academic exercise in computer design using microprogramming
1. Computer systems organization
  1. Architectures
2. Hardware
  1. Electronic design automation
    1. Methodologies for EDA
  2. Integrated circuits
    1. Logic circuits
      1. Arithmetic and datapath circuits
      2. Design modules and hierarchy

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ACM SIGMICRO Newsletter Volume 15, Issue 4

MICRO 17: Proceedings of the Seventeenth Annual Microprogramming Workshop

Dec. 1984

302 pages

ISSN:1050-916X

DOI:10.1145/384281

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MICRO 17: Proceedings of the 17th annual workshop on Microprogramming
December 1984
325 pages
Chairmen:
M. Carter,
R. A. Mueller

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Association for Computing Machinery

New York, NY, United States

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Published: 01 December 1984

Published in SIGMICRO Volume 15, Issue 4

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