Planning a computer system : Project Stretch

[Authorization]......Page 1
[Dust jacket]......Page 3
[Cover]......Page 7
Forward (Carlson)......Page 13
Preface (Buchholz)......Page 15
Acknowledgments......Page 17
Contents......Page 19
1: Project Stretch (Buchholz)......Page 26
2: Architectural Philosophy (Brooks)......Page 30
3: System Summary of IBM 7030 (Buchholz)......Page 42
4: Natural Data Units (Blaauw, Brooks, Buchholz)......Page 58
5: Choosing a Number Base (Buchholz)......Page 67
6: Character Set (Bemer and Buchholz)......Page 85
7: Variable-Field-Length Operation (Blaauw, Brooks, and Buchholz)......Page 100
8: Floating-Point Operation (Campbell)......Page 117
9: Instruction Formats (Buchholz)......Page 147
10: Instruction Sequencing (Brooks)......Page 158
11: Indexing (Blaauw)......Page 175
12: Input-Output Control (Buchholz)......Page 204
13: Multiprogramming (Codd, Lowry, McDonough, and Scalzi)......Page 218
14: The Central Processing Unit (Bloch)......Page 227
15: The Look-Ahead Unit (Ballance, Cocke, and Kolsky)......Page 253
16: The Exchange (Buchholz)......Page 273
17: A NonArithmetical System Extension (Campbell, Herwitz, and Pomerene)......Page 279
Appendix A: Summary Data......Page 298
Appendix B: Programming Examples......Page 317
Index......Page 330