Applications Directed Microprogramming on a Minicomputer System.

Abstract

The use of microprogramming to improve the performance of application programs was investigated. The user microprogrammable Hewlett-Packard (HP) 21MX minicomputer was used for the investigation. Two application programs were chosen as candidates for microprogramming, a wind tunnel stress analysis program and a laser materials modeling program. The programs were analyzed to determine where microprogramming should be applied using an activity profile generator program. The microcode for the programs was implemented, and the speed improvement measurements of the resultant programs were made. The study further looked at the feasibility of automating the microprogramming tuning process on the HP 21MX computer. Approaches to automatically selecting program segments for microprogramming and automatically synthesizing the microcode were discussed. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1982
Accession Number
ADA124853

Entities

People

  • Gary A. Schoon

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Application Software
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Laser Materials
  • Machine Languages
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Microcode
  • Microprogramming
  • Operating Systems
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Software Development
  • Wind Tunnels

Readers

  • Computer Science.
  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy