Peter Flass <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Don't know about HP, bit it's also IBM: > http://www.research.ibm.com/journal/rd/483/heller.html
re: http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2006j.html#32 Code density and performance? the above journal artcile reference mentions 1997 for millicode. it mentions millicode being needed for (at least) sie and pr/sm. pr/sm was done about a decade earlier on 3090 (and was significantly more difficult in native microcode). this is a recent posting including email from jun81 mentioning sie effort for 3090 http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2006j.html#27 virtual memory this mention of macrocode http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2006b.html#38 blast from the past ... macrocode has piece of email from mar81 that mentions the (then) announced amdhal 5880 with macrocode (and used for hypervisor implementation). i had first started running into references regarding amdahl's work on macrocode the previous year (mar80). -- Anne & Lynn Wheeler | http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/
