Macro Function Language Hardware Manual

Abstract

This report examines the hardware interface required for an efficient implementation of the Macro Function Language (MFL). Traditionally, computer systems were developed by designing hardware, then writing microcode, assembly language, and on up to a common programing language such as ADA or Pascal. This emphasis on hardware was due to the relative high cost of hardware. In the current state of the art, software costs are far greater than hardware over the life of a signal processor. Because of this, the MFL attempts to standardize the software interface to hardware. This interface will standardize the software between signal processors designed to run MFL down to the microcode level.... Macro Function Language (MFL), Signal Processing, Primitives, Multisensor Standard Macro Study.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1992
Accession Number
ADA262109

Entities

People

  • Robert Peck
  • Timothy Monaghan

Organizations

  • Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Divison

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Access Time
  • Aerial Warfare
  • Aircrafts
  • Arithmetic Units
  • Assembly Languages
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Generators
  • High Level Languages
  • Instruction Set Architecture
  • Language
  • Machine Languages
  • Microcode
  • Operating Systems
  • Programming Languages
  • Signal Processing
  • Standards

Readers

  • Computer Science.
  • Parallel and Distributed Computing.