1990/01/01 by Greg Grohoski · 1 citation
Computer Science · #Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques #Numerical Methods and Algorithms #Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems #Computer science #Reduced instruction set computing #IBM #Operating system #Pipeline (software) #FLOPS #Instructions per cycle #Parallel computing #Superscalar #Embedded system #Floating-point unit #Instruction set #Floating point #Central processing unit
paper · doi:10.1147/rd.341.0037
openalex publication_date 1990/01/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/04/04
The IBM RISC System/6000* processor is a second-generation RISC processor which reduces the execution pipeline penalties caused by branch instructions and also provides high floating-point performance. It employs multiple functional units which operate concurrently to maximize the instruction execution rate. By employing these advanced machine-organization techniques, it can execute up to four instructions simultaneously. Approximately 11 MFLOPS are achieved on the LINPACK benchmarks.