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It's interesting to see that, although what we call now a "microprocessor" had already been invented, in that paper they use the same word to describe a CPU imp
by magoghm 8y ago
It's interesting to see that, although what we call now a "microprocessor" had already been invented, in that paper they use the same word to describe a CPU implemented using microcode (and not a very small processor that fits in a single chip).
Here is a picture of the author of that paper working on the CADR machine (the successor to the CONS machine): http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/stl-431614f64ea3e/ http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/stl-431614f64ea3e/
- prestonbriggs 8y agoHere's a link to the CADR paper: http://www.unlambda.com/lispm/memo528.html http://www.unlambda.com/lispm/memo528.html I like these; they describe a microcoded machine in more detail than I can usually find.