In <[email protected]>, on 03/18/2014
at 11:07 AM, Anne & Lynn Wheeler <[email protected]> said:
>360/67 multiprocessor support also allowed all processors to address
>all channels ... the 360/65 multiprocessor support just shared memory
>but had dedicated channels for each processor ... real multiprocessor
>support was simulated by using twin-tail controllers with dedicated
>channels from different processors to the twin-tails. this is also
>the multiprocessor implementation for 370.
Sort of; S/370 ultimately had channel set switching, but that was for
RAS rather than performance.
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