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Re: Article on IBM's z196 Mainframe Architecture

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On 2012-01-16 08:37:39 +0000, David Kanter said:

> As a group dedicated to mainframe assembly, hopefully the topic of
> IBM's zArchitecture requires no introduction.
> 
> I recently wrote an article on IBM’s z196, which is the first
> mainframe with an out-of-order CMOS microprocessor, and also the first
> with an integrated L3 cache. These two innovations are largely
> responsible for a 30-40% improvement in performance over the previous
> generation z10.
> 
> http://www.realworldtech.com/page.cfm?ArticleID=RWT010312153140
> 
> Hopefully you all find this an interesting and enjoyable read.

Early mainframes had bipolar chips, forsooth? Pardon me while I crawl 
to my grave.

-- 
John W Kennedy
"You can, if you wish, class all science-fiction together; but it is 
about as perceptive as classing the works of Ballantyne, Conrad and W. 
W. Jacobs together as the 'sea-story' and then criticizing _that_."
  -- C. S. Lewis.  "An Experiment in Criticism"

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Article on IBM's z196 Mainframe Architecture David Kanter <dkanter@gmail.com> - 2012-01-16 00:37 -0800
  Re: Article on IBM's z196 Mainframe Architecture John W Kennedy <jwkenne@attglobal.net> - 2012-01-16 12:35 -0500
    Re: Article on IBM's z196 Mainframe Architecture swestin@earthlink.nospam.net - 2012-01-17 12:52 -0500
      Re: Article on IBM's z196 Mainframe Architecture Allodoxaphobia <knock_yourself_out@example.net> - 2012-01-18 04:05 +0000
        Re: Article on IBM's z196 Mainframe Architecture swestin@earthlink.nospam.net - 2012-01-18 09:34 -0500
  Re: Article on IBM's z196 Mainframe Architecture John W Kennedy <jwkenne@attglobal.net> - 2012-01-18 11:31 -0500
  Re: Article on IBM's z196 Mainframe Architecture hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2012-02-01 10:59 -0800
    Re: Article on IBM's z196 Mainframe Architecture John W Kennedy <jwkenne@attglobal.net> - 2012-02-01 15:15 -0500
      Re: Article on IBM's z196 Mainframe Architecture hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2012-02-02 07:43 -0800
        Re: Article on IBM's z196 Mainframe Architecture John W Kennedy <jwkenne@attglobal.net> - 2012-02-02 11:45 -0500
          Re: Article on IBM's z196 Mainframe Architecture Nomen Nescio <nobody@dizum.com> - 2012-02-02 20:36 +0100
            Re: Article on IBM's z196 Mainframe Architecture John W Kennedy <jwkenne@attglobal.net> - 2012-02-02 17:47 -0500
              Re: Article on IBM's z196 Mainframe Architecture Nomen Nescio <nobody@dizum.com> - 2012-02-03 09:53 +0100
                Re: Article on IBM's z196 Mainframe Architecture John W Kennedy <jwkenne@attglobal.net> - 2012-02-03 11:46 -0500
                Re: Article on IBM's z196 Mainframe Architecture John W Kennedy <jwkenne@attglobal.net> - 2012-02-04 16:42 -0500
                Re: Article on IBM's z196 Mainframe Architecture hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2012-02-04 14:40 -0800
                Re: Article on IBM's z196 Mainframe Architecture John W Kennedy <jwkenne@attglobal.net> - 2012-02-07 15:07 -0500
                Re: Article on IBM's z196 Mainframe Architecture Nomen Nescio <nobody@dizum.com> - 2012-02-04 22:15 +0100
              Re: Article on IBM's z196 Mainframe Architecture hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2012-02-02 18:59 -0800
              Re: Article on IBM's z196 Mainframe Architecture hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2012-02-02 19:03 -0800
            Re: Article on IBM's z196 Mainframe Architecture Waldek Hebisch <hebisch@math.uni.wroc.pl> - 2012-02-05 17:35 +0000
              Re: Article on IBM's z196 Mainframe Architecture John W Kennedy <jwkenne@attglobal.net> - 2012-02-05 13:45 -0500

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