A survey of solid-state logic circuitry

THIS PAPER presents a critical comparison of the major circuit techniques employing solid-state components to perform the arithmetic functions in digital computers. The presentation is in three sections. The first considers the requirements which are necessary and sufficient to provide a useful circuit technique. The second section discusses an approach to the classification of the various techniques, establishes the evaluation criteria to be used in the final section, and presents illustrative examples in the form of a synthetic chronological development. The third section gives a more detailed survey of the design problems and performance characteristics of a number of techniques.