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Type of Document	Dissertation
Author	Tanaka, Richard I.
URN	etd-01202006-130420
Persistent URL	http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-01202006-130420
Title	The logical design of a serial general purpose digital computer with micro-program capabilities
Degree	PhD
Option	Electrical Engineering
Advisory Committee	Advisor Name Title Gilbert Donald McCann Committee Chair Robert V. Langmuir Committee Member
Keywords	none
Date of Defense	1958-01-01
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract This thesis presents the detailed logical design of a serial, general-purpose digital computer with micro-program capabilities. The machine is a medium-speed computer with a magnetic drum memory, and includes a modest magnetic core memory for storing micro-orders. The micro-program feature relates to the command structure of the machine. Micro-orders enable the programmer to specify many of the elementary internal operations; these micro-orders are arranged into micro-routines which synthesize computation sequences equivalent to commands in more conventional computers. Therefore, effectively, the machine has an extremely long command list. Included are descriptions of the internal organization of the machine, and the detailed logical equations which are directly applicable to the construction of the computer. A few micro-routines, for both usual and uncommon commands, are also shown, to illustrate possible applications of the machine.
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