Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!ncis.llnl.gov!helios.ee.lbl.gov!nosc!ucsd!rutgers!apple!vsi1!daver!mips!mash From: mash@mips.COM (John Mashey) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: make sure you read latest IEEE Computer Summary: HP architecture one Keywords: don't miss it Message-ID: <11767@winchester.mips.COM> Date: 20 Jan 89 08:14:29 GMT References: <625@m3.mfci.UUCP> Lines: 22 In article <625@m3.mfci.UUCP>, colwell@mfci.UUCP (Robert Colwell) writes: > There is an excellent article in the latest IEEE Computer on the > Convex C2 by Tom Jones. My copy arrived a day or so later, but I'd agree: that's a good article. The issue is "Real Machines: Design Choices/Engineering Tradeoffs", and includes the Cydrome Cydra-5, Convex C2, CRAY X-MP, TI ASC, NSC 32532, and HP Precision. People who've followed the RISC wars here would do well to read the good HP article by Ruby Lee. An exercise for the reader: Precisions & R3000s have some pretty strong similarities in some areas, and some equally strong differences in others, despite the fact that some similar philosophies and approaches were used by the two design teams. The exercise is to figure out why the differences are there, and many useful hints are given by this paper. -- -john mashey DISCLAIMER: UUCP: {ames,decwrl,prls,pyramid}!mips!mash OR mash@mips.com DDD: 408-991-0253 or 408-720-1700, x253 USPS: MIPS Computer Systems, 930 E. Arques, Sunnyvale, CA 94086