A hardware architecture for implementing protection rings
Communications of the ACM
An approach to the optimum design of computer graphics systems
Communications of the ACM
The simulation of time sharing systems
Communications of the ACM
A microprogrammed implementation of EULER on IBM system/360 model 30
Communications of the ACM
IBM system/360 principles of operation
IBM system/360 principles of operation
Some Notes on Speeding Up Certain Loops by Software, Firmware, and Hardware Means
IEEE Transactions on Computers
A Fast Fourier Transform for High-Speed Signal Processing
IEEE Transactions on Computers
Organization of computer systems: the fixed plus variable structure computer
IRE-AIEE-ACM '60 (Western) Papers presented at the May 3-5, 1960, western joint IRE-AIEE-ACM computer conference
AFIPS '67 (Spring) Proceedings of the April 18-20, 1967, spring joint computer conference
Burroughs' B6500/B7500 stack mechanism
AFIPS '68 (Spring) Proceedings of the April 30--May 2, 1968, spring joint computer conference
Evaluation of hardware-firmware-software trade-offs with mathematical modeling
AFIPS '71 (Spring) Proceedings of the May 18-20, 1971, spring joint computer conference
A firmware APL time-sharing system
AFIPS '71 (Spring) Proceedings of the May 18-20, 1971, spring joint computer conference
SYMBOL: a large experimental system exploring major hardware replacement of software
AFIPS '71 (Spring) Proceedings of the May 18-20, 1971, spring joint computer conference
Design and evaluation system for computer architecture
AFIPS '73 Proceedings of the June 4-8, 1973, national computer conference and exposition
Computer architecture and instruction set design
AFIPS '73 Proceedings of the June 4-8, 1973, national computer conference and exposition
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A hardware/software trade-off is the establishment of the division of responsibility for performing system functions between the software, firmware and hardware. This is part and parcel of the fundamental process of defining computer architecture. It begins the day a computer is conceived and may be carried on by an ever widening group of individuals until the last computer of a given model is retired. There are areas of the trade-off which are the sole preserve of the manufacturer and his hardware/software team. Other areas of the trade-off are the responsibility of the user, or independent equipment manufacturers.