Microprocessor Architecture [Guest editor´s inroduction]

This marks the second issue of Computer devoted to the Asilomar Workshop on Microprocessors. As with the first such issue (January 1976), no attempt has been made to cover the workshop in toto (a summary report appeared in the July 1976 Computer). Rather, the goal has been to spotlight a few of the more interesting developments and philosophies that were explored during the April 1976 workshop.