The Use of the Simplex Algorithm in the Mechanization of Boolean Switching Functions by Means of Magnetic Cores

An algorithm is described for mechanizing Boolean switching functions by means of a net of magnetic toroidal cores. The algorithm is referred to as Simplex and, in this application, is programmed for a digital computer. Computer solutions specify the wiring configuration for a core or net of cores yielding a device for performing combinational logic. Switching functions are realizable in essentially one clock time. The logical designer may synthesize a function directly from the truth table without proceeding in the customary manner of expressing the function in Boolean canonical form and then attempting to minimize with respect to hardware or other criteria by means of algebraic manipulation or a mapping or charting technique.