Microcode and the protection of intellectual effort

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Microcode and the protection of intellectual effort

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International Symposium on Microarchitecture archive
Proceedings of the 18th annual workshop on Microprogramming table of contents

Pacific Grove, California, United States

Pages: 167 - 170

Year of Publication: 1985

ISBN:0-89791-172-5

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Y. N. Patt	Computer Science Division, University of California, Berkeley CA
J. K. Ahlstrom	David Systems Inc., 701 East Evelyn Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA

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SIGMICRO: ACM Special Interest Group on Microarchitectural Research and Processing

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ACM New York, NY, USA

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ABSTRACT

We believe that the intellectual efforts of persons should be protected, but that the needs of society must be protected, too. Substantial interest in this issue, as it pertains to the protection of microcode, has prompted the preparation of this paper as a position statement to initiate discussion at the 18th International Microprogramming Workshop. We describe the relevant protection mechanisms and some of the nuances regarding them. We describe the important characteristics of microcode. Finally, we assume an advocacy position.

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