DocumentCode
945314
Title
A perspective on microcomputer software
Author
Bass, Charlie ; Brown, Dean
Author_Institution
Zilog, Inc., Los Altos, CA
Volume
64
Issue
6
fYear
1976
fDate
6/1/1976 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
905
Lastpage
909
Abstract
Current microcomputer software is limited compared to what is available on megacomputers. This paper compares early and present microsoftware and comments on the differences and similarities between the two, both then and now. The importance of the presence of megasoftware in the development of microsoftware is noted. Programming activity on microcomputer development systems is described. Finally, conjecture is offered concerning future microsoftware capabilities based on the perspective established in the paper.
Keywords
Assembly; Bandwidth; Floating-point arithmetic; Hardware; Logic design; Logic devices; Microcomputers; Registers; Software architecture; Testing;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Proceedings of the IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9219
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/PROC.1976.10241
Filename
1454510
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