Other R e c e n t Papers The June, 1981 issue of the IEEE T r a n s a c t i o n s on C o m p u t e r s (vol. C-3Z, no.6) c o n t a i n s a p a p e r by A l i c e P a r k e r and J o h n W a l l a c e e n t i t l e d "SLIDE: An I/O H a r d w a r e D e s c r i p t i v e L a n g u a g e " (pp. 423-439). The J u l y issue of T r a n s a c t i o n s (vol. C-3Z, no.7) is a special issue d e v o t e d to M i c r o p r o g r a m m i n g Tools and T e c h n i q u e s . G u e s t edited by T. G. Lewis and B. D. Shriver, the issue c o n t a i n s six p a p e r s on topics of c u r r e n t i n t e r e s t to the m i c r o p r o g r a m m i n g community, i n c l u d i n g M i c r o c o d e Compaction, O p t i m i z a t i o n , V e r t i c a l M i g r a t i o n and S i m u l a t i o n . The A u g u s t issue of T r a n s a c t i o n s (vol. C-3Z, no.8) c o n t a i n s a p a p e r b y T. S r i d h a r and J. P. Hayes e n t i t l e d "A F u n c t i o n a l A p p r o a c h to T e s t i n g B i t - S l i c e d M i c r o p r o c e s s o r s " (pp.563-571). The May, 1981 issue of the IBM J o u r n a l of R e s e a r c h and D e v e l o p m e n t (vol. 25, nos. 2 and 3) is d e v o t e d to p a p e r s on VLSI. T h e y deal m a i n l y w i t h the p r o b l e m s of d e s i g n i n g VLSI circuits. T h e A u g u s t i s s u e of C o m p u t e r (vol. 14, no. 8) o f f e r s a t u t o r i a l by J a m e s R. T o b i a s e n t i t l e d " L S I / V L S I B u i l d i n g B l o c k s " (pp.83-1Zl). T h e a r t i c l e b e g i n s w i t h a " c a p s u l e h i s t o r y of t h e IC industry", f o l l o w e d by d i s c u s s i o n s of v a r i o u s technologies. From there,Tobias talks about building blocks and designandcost tradeoffs.
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