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It would also be fast, right? You would only need to worry about transistor switching speed, not decoding microcode... Disclaimer: just a software engineer, I'

It would also be fast, right? You would only need to worry about transistor switching speed, not decoding microcode... Disclaimer: just a software engineer, I've only ever heard of microcode, never seen it or written it.

Koshkin 6y ago
Here's what I think is an excellent introduction to the subject (although it leaves unclear the distinction, if any, between microcode and PLA): https://people.cs.clemson.edu/~mark/uprog.html https://people.cs.clemson.edu/~mark/uprog.html
- kens 6y ago
  A key distinction is that in a ROM, only one row is active at a time. But in a PLA, multiple rows can be active simultaneously.(This is from "The Architecture of Microprocessors".)
  - Koshkin 6y ago
    Makes sense, thanks.