CSvax:dmc (10/26/82)
Can anyone recommend a book or magazine article which contains a compilation of the organizations and instruction sets of the current widely-used microprocessors? Thanks. Dave Capka purdue!dmc dmc@purdue
bcw (10/27/82)
From: Bruce C. Wright @ Duke University Re: Microprocessor architecture I don't know of any books which cover all of the common microprocessors; most either cover a single microprocessor or restrict themselves to some subset like the 8-bit or 16-bit microprocessors. One book which covers the 16-bit micros is "16-bit Microprocessors" by Titus, Titus, Baldwin, Hubin, and Scanlon (whew!), published by Howard W. Sams & Co., Inc. at 4300 West 62nd Street, Indianapolis, Indiana. It has an introduction to microprocessors, and covers the specific processors 8086/8088, Z8000, LSI-11, TI-9900, M68000, and NS16032. The book attempts to compare the different architectures in both general layout and ease of use, and to compare the execution speed of the different machines. The coverage is somewhat uneven, probably reflecting varying degrees of fam- iliarity with the different machines, and varying amounts of help from the manufacturers (DEC obviously contributed quite a bit of information on the LSI-11 while a similar amount of manufacturer-derived information was not used for some of the other machines). There is also a book on the 8-bit micros by Osborne (I wonder if it's the same as the Osborne computer company...) which is titled something like "8-Bit Microprocessors: Some real products" (a companion volume to a book on general microprocessor design), but unfortunately it is not in my office at the moment so I can't check the publisher, etc. You might want to prowl around some bookstores which sell technical books - many of them carry books on this topic. B. Daltons around here sometimes gets something like this in stock; also university bookstores are a good place to look. Hope this is of some help. Bruce C. Wright @ Duke University
sdyer@Bbn-Unix@sri-unix (10/28/82)
From: Steve Dyer <sdyer@Bbn-Unix> The two Osborne/McGraw-Hill collections on 8-bit and 16-bit microprocessors cover the field pretty completely, covering both the architectural and the electrical features of the processors. I find them a useful reference. /Steve Dyer
rconn@BRL@sri-unix (10/30/82)
From: Rick Conn <rconn@BRL> I can really recommend the Osborne books for your re- quirements. I use them a lot myself, and there are two books specifically which cover a wide range of micros. The first is "An Introduction to Microcomputers, Volume 2: Some Real Microprocessors", published by Osborne & Associ- ates, Inc., PO Box 2036, Berkeley, CA 94702 (at least my copy dated Sept 78 was). Going down the table of contents, it covers: TMS1000 (4-bit) Mostek 3870, Fairchild F8 National SC/MP Intel 8080A Intel 8085 Intel 8048 (single-chip microcomputer) Related Family: 8748, 8049, 8749, 8035 Zilog Z80 Motorola 6800 MOS Technology 6500 (6502) Signetics 2650A RCA COSMAC IM6100 (PDP-8 similar) 8X300, SMS300 (microcontroller) National PACE General Instrument CP1600 General Instrument 1650 (microcomputers) TI 9900, 9980, 9440 MicroNova Intel 8086 AMD 2900, 6700 (bit-slice) MC10800 (bit-slice) HP MC2 The second Osborne book is "Osborne 16-bit Microprocessor Handbook, Includes 2900 Chip Slice Family", published by Osborne/McGraw-Hill, 630 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, CA 94710 (I suspect the same company with a name change) (I have the 1981 version). It covers some of the same processors as the previous book, but it adds some of the more current 16-bit processors. Again, from the table of contents: National PACE General Instrument CP1600 TI 9900, 9980, 9440 MicroNova Intel 8086 Zilog Z8000 Motorola 68000 2900 (bit-slice) I bought both books in local book stores (B Dalton comes to mind). The first ran $30 (I think), and the second ran $20. Hope this helps. Rick
rcf (11/02/82)
Osborne also has a book out on 16 bit microprocessors, same format as the 8-bit one.
david%rand-unix@sri-unix.UUCP (12/28/83)
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