Re: Short Vectors Versus Long Vectors

On Thu, 25 Apr 2024 17:34:32 +0000
mitchalsup@aol.com (MitchAlsup1) wrote:

Michael S wrote:
 

On Thu, 25 Apr 2024 15:52:36 +0000
mitchalsup@aol.com (MitchAlsup1) wrote: 

 
Seymore only did fast and simple, starting before the CDC
6600..... 

 

Do you attribute not exactly simple 6600 Scoreboard to Thornton? 

 
If you measure simplicity by gate count--the scoreboard was
considerably simpler than the reservation station design of Tomasulo.

Both were far from simple by day's standards.

BTW, was not low gate count of Scoreboard mostly due to creative usage
of what was later named wired logic connections, i.e. something that
stopped working in high-speed VLSI around 1985-1990 ?