On Fri, 2003-12-12 at 10:59, Barton Robinson wrote: > Alan, I'd take one small exception. you don't need to be up > on the "latest in processor design", i'm pretty sure pipeline > technology shipped as part of the early 370 series, at > least i remember studying it in the 70's. (158/168 if anyone > remembers?).
Indeed, the term "pipelining" was coined during development of the IBM 7030 'STRETCH' (circa 1961). The CDC 6600 with its Scoreboard was available in '64. -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
