Great article, thank you so much for taking the time to write all your explorations down. With regards to the mentioned patent(US4449184A) It turns out I am terrible at reading patents, any explanations what it is for?
My best guess is it for placing memory or state between the registers and the processing units. Or perhaps some subtlety of this as registers are already memory or state. I could not figure it out.
Modern patents are especially prone to this. They try to claim as much as possible while avoiding publishing any trade secrets. The result tends toward a unreadable mess.
My best guess is it for placing memory or state between the registers and the processing units. Or perhaps some subtlety of this as registers are already memory or state. I could not figure it out.
Modern patents are especially prone to this. They try to claim as much as possible while avoiding publishing any trade secrets. The result tends toward a unreadable mess.