Architecture of the IBM System/370

This paper discusses the design considerations
for the architectural extensions that distinguish 
System/370 from System/360.  It comments on some experiences
with the original objectives for System/360 
and on the efforts to achieve them, and it describes the
reasons and objectives for extending the architecture. 
It covers virtual storage, program control, data-manipulation
instructions, timing facilities, multiprocessing, 
debugging and monitoring, error handling, and input/output
operations.  A final section tabulates some 
of the important parameters of the various IBM
machines which implement the architecture.

CACM January, 1978

Case, R.
Padges, A.

computer systems, architecture, instruction
sets, virtual storage, error handling

6.0 6.21

CA780107 JB March 28, 1978  5:16 PM

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