PDP-8 (Cont.):
logic level, 120
Model 338 Display Processor, 111
PMS level, 111-113
register transfer level, 116-120
PDP-8/A, 769
PDP-8/E, 768-769
PDP-10, 54, 77
PDP-11, 16, 59-60, 68, 77, 647-661
architecture management, 779
bus structure, 84
family evolution, 766, 776-784
family implementation and performance
evaluation, 666-679
PDP-11/70, 49, 662-665, 778-784
Performance, 33, 42-61
benchmarks, 55-57
M, 59
R, 50
S,59
hardware, 43-49
ISP, 49-53
system, 53-54
typical instructions, 54-55
Peripheral and control processors:
in CDC 6600, 730-732
in TI ASC, 757-758
Peripheral processor, 91
Personal computing systems, 547-548
(See also specific personal computing
systems)
PIC1650, 16, 584, 602-609
Pipeline, 168, 194, 262-263, 307
branching in, 286
in System/360 Model 91, 277-292
in TIASC, 755-757
Pipeline register, 219
PLA (programmable logic array), 63, 168,
595-598
Plessey 250, 346
Pluribus, 41, 335, 346, 347, 371 -386, 442
PMS (processor-memory-switch) notation, 15, 17, 19, 33
PMS structure, 78-83
PMT (permanent magnet twister), 464
Policy modules in Hydra, 356-357
Polish notation, 132, 495, 498
in HP 9820, 807
Price as classification metric, 4
PRIME, 334, 346
Procedures in VAX-11/780, 722
Process, definition of, 251
Process Control Bloc (PCB), 514-515
Process pairs, 446, 483
Processing element in Illiac IV, 308-314
Processor, 18
(See also specific processors)
Processor function, 89-92
array, 91
display, 91
fault-tolerant, 92
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Processor function (Cont.):
language, 91
microprogram, 90
Pc (central), 90-91
Pio (input/output), 91
special algorithm, 91
vector-move, 91
Processor state, 23-24, 70-78
1 address, 71, 72
2 address, 71, 74
3 address, 71, 74
index registers, 71, 72
(n + 1) address, 74
zero address, 71, 75-78
Producer-consumer synchronization, 235
Product code, 452
Program counter, 24
Program level, 13
Program Reference Table (PRT), 133, 231
Program store (PS) in ESS system, 460
PROM (programmable read-only memory), 168
Protection and relocation register, 240
Protocol, 133
bus, 521-522
Ethernet File Transfer, 436-438
in networks, 390-391
Pseudointerrupt device (PID), 237, 377
PSW (program-status word), 840-842
in System/360, 702-704
in VAX-11/780, 717
Pulse-code modulation in ESS, 444
RAM (random-access memory), 169
Raster-scanned printer, 566-569
RCA COSMAC, 610
RCA Spectra 70, 857, 860
Read-Only Storage (ROS), 164
Realization, definition of, 16
Register transfer level, 12, 116-120
Registers (see specific registers)
Regression analysis in PDP-11, 674
Relational operations, 30
Relative addressing, 521
Reliability, 65-66, 439
in C.mmp, 366-370
REPEAT, in ISP, 27
Reservation station in System/360 Model 91, 296-302
Residue code, 451
Resistor, 10
RESTART, in ISP, 28
Rollback, 453
ROM (read-only memory), 168
in HP 9810, 805
in HP 9820, 809
in HP 9830, 812-814
ROS (Read-Only Storage), 164
Rotate operator, 30
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Routing:
in ARPANET, 405-406
in networks, 391
Routing network in Illiac IV, 310-314
SABRE I, 392
SBI, 726
SCAP (star computer assembly program), 456
Scoreboard, 733
SDLC, 390
SDS 940, 105
SDS Sigma 2, 240
Segment Descriptor, 245-246
Segmentation, 230-231, 252
linear, 230,252-253
symbolic, 230-231
in B 5000, 230
in B 6700, 231
Segments in Intel 8086, 623-626
Semaphore, 236-237, 258, 482
Sequential circuits, 10
asynchronous, 10
synchronous, 10
Serial bus, 333-338, 346
Serial line, 333-338, 346
Shift operator, 30
SIFT, 335, 346
Sign extension, 29
Am2903, 196
Sign magnitude, 29, 69
SIMP (Single Instruction, Multiple Data), 265
SISD (Single Instruction, Single Data), 265
Smalltalk programming environment, 570
SNOBOL language, 70
Solid Logic Technology (SLT), 711-712,
860- 861
SOLOMON, 267
Special algorithm processors, 91-92
Speed-power product, 612
Stack,45, 75-78, 92, 131-132, 181-182, 207, 655
in B 6500/B 7500, 244-245, 249
comparison to general register, 76-78
in HP 9100A, 825
in ICL 2900, 254-255
in Intel 8086, 628
in PDP-11, 655, 659
in VAX-11/780, 722
STAGE operating system, 378
STAR, CDC, 45
STAR (self-testing and repairing computer),
JPL, 92, 442, 448-458
STARAN, 91, 269-275, 317-331
State-system representation, 12-13
Storage hierarchies, 95
Storage-to-storage-channel processor, 870
String instructions in Intel 8086, 630-632
Structure, system, 33, 62-95 |