Sujet : Re: Chipsandcheese article on the CDC6600
De : ldo (at) *nospam* nz.invalid (Lawrence D'Oliveiro)
Groupes : comp.archDate : 23. Jul 2024, 01:20:46
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On Mon, 22 Jul 2024 13:08:27 +0300, Michael S wrote:
At the end, the influence of 6600 on computers we use today is close to
zero.
He pioneered pipelining and multiple function units. He went on to pioneer
vector processing (long vectors, not the short-vector SIMD stuff that
infests CPU designs today). He was always very conservative in the
fabrication technologies he adopted, but he was brilliant at pushing them
to their limits.