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From: kushnier@nadc.ARPA
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Subject: Re: Need a microprogramming consultant!
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Date: Tue, 5-Mar-85 08:23:34 EST
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GIGO

As I understand it, Micro-programming is the series of operations that occur
within the microprocessor for placing data and address information on busses,
 or routing data to the Arithmetic logic unit; again within the micro itself.

For many processors, this micro-code is burned in and unchangeable.  But for 
some, the processor looks outside the chip for it's micro-code.  

Micro-programming provides a plethora of architectural techniques such as 
Pipelining which speed up throughput.


Hope that helps a little.

                                  Ron Kushnier
                                  kushnier@nadc.arpa