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The 801 Minicomputer
1983
IBM Journal of Research and Development
This paper provides an overview of an experimental system developed at the IBM T. J. Watson Research Center. It consists of a running hardware prototype, a control program and an optimizing compiler. The basic concepts underlying the system are discussed as are the performance characteristics of the prototype. In particular, three principles are examined: -system orientation towards the pervasive use of high level language programming and a sophisticated compiler, -a primitive instruction set
doi:10.1147/rd.273.0237
fatcat:jgbc3jcfzbeobas37rmnunna44