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Re:Microcode: the place where hardware and software meet by grannyg00se on Sunday March 10, 2013 @04:26PM (#5353317)
"Random control logic" Oxymoron?

Is the control logic really random in some way? That sounds impossible. Or at least, very highly inefficient.

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Re:Microcode: the place where hardware and software meet by ColinWright on Sunday March 10, 2013 @04:55PM (#5353422)
No, it's obviously not random. It is carefully designed, but there is no regularity to it. The expression "random logic" is used to describe the circuitry that is "ad hoc" rather than a matrix, like RAM, registers, or an ALU.

Google the expression to learn more.

* http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=random+logic

* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random_logic

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