12 Oct
1998
12 Oct
'98
3:56 a.m.
I maintain my stance that 'microprocessor' is a term used by the
public and media to refer to a series of technical developments, that
are not well considered before calling them microprocessors. In
short, there is no way to define a microprocessor in the technical
sense. TI's 1979 book Understanding Microprocessors defines it as:
A digital integrated unit (or a set of IC's) that contains the
digital functions necessary to be a CPU. It "processes" information
and controls and keeps the system working in harmony as it responds to
the step by step program that the CPU follows.
Nice and circular :)
what a "microprocessor" is. In fact, the
Arabs and the Israelis will
never have peace until the definition of a microprocessor is agreed
upon
once and for all (oh yeah, and what "the
first" means too).
Sellam Alternate e-mail:
dastar(a)siconic.com
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