1978/01/01 by Richard P. Case, A. Padegs · 3 citations
Computer Science · #Advanced Data Storage Technologies #Architecture #Computer architecture #Computer science #Debugging #Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems #Embedded system #IBM #Interconnection Networks and Systems #Multiprocessing #Operating system #Programming language #Software engineering #Systems architecture
paper · pdf · doi:10.1145/359327.359337
openalex publication_date 1978/01/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/11
This paper discusses the design considerations for the architectural extensions that distinguish System/370 from System/360. It comments on some experiences with the original objectives for System/360 and on the efforts to achieve them, and it describes the reasons and objectives for extending the architecture. It covers virtual storage, program control, data-manipulation instructions, timing facilities, multiprocessing, debugging and monitoring, error handling, and input/output operations. A final section tabulates some of the important parameters of the various IBM machines which implement the architecture.