MCP-1600
MCP-1600
The ALU chip contained twenty-six 8-bit registers and an8-bit ALU, while the control unit supervised the moving ofdata, memory access, and other control functions. The ROMallowed the chip to function as either an 8- or 16-bit chip,with clever use of the 8-bit ALU. Further, microcodeallowed the addition of floating-point routines (40 + 8 bitformat), simplifying programming (and possibly producing afloating-point coprocessor).
Two standard microcode ROMs were available. Thisflexibility was one reason it was also used to implement theDEC LSI-11 processor as well as the WD Pascal Microengine.