ALGORITHMIC SYNTHESIS OF DIGITAL COMPUTERS,

Abstract

The problem of the synthesis of a sampled-data computational device (SDCD) consists in deriving its flowchart according to a given description of functioning of the device (DFD). In the solution of this problem special attention is paid to the following requirements: the DFD must be as general as possible (i.e., at the earliest stages of design work); the language of the DFD must be convenient for practical use yet sufficiently formalized to assure the possibility of algorithmic processing of the initial description; the flowchart derived from the synthesis must be optimal in a sense (e.g. with respect to amount of equipment). For SDCD the most general form of DFD is the description of an algorithm for the implementation of instructions. The entire performance of SDCD consists in the transmission of information (with or without conversion) between memory elements (registers). Hence a language reflecting the transmission of information between registers (register transfer language, address language) must be considered convenient for practical utilization. A system for the machine synthesis of SDCD that operates in several distant stages is proposed.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 05, 1968
Accession Number
AD0684641

Entities

People

  • B. A. Sidristyi
  • I. V. Ilovaiskii
  • Ya. I. Fet

Organizations

  • National Air and Space Intelligence Center

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Computers
  • Conversion
  • Digital Computers
  • Instructions
  • Language

Readers

  • Computer Science.
  • Personnel Management and Statistics in the Military and Department of Defense
  • Systems Analysis and Design