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Extended control program support: VM/370: a hardware assist for the IBM virtual machine facility/370

Published:01 September 1978Publication History
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ECPS:VM/370 is a hardware assist of the VM/370 software control program. ECPS:VM/370 provides improved performance for the software system through a combination of hardware assist technologies. The assist provides hardware support for virtual machine execution of certain System/370 real machine functions. The assist also introduces instructions intended for use by the VM/370 control program. ECPS:VM/370 is defined to simplify maintenance and service of the assisted system. This paper describes the general functions of the assist and presents an explanation of the control and service capabilities provided with the assist.

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    cover image ACM SIGMICRO Newsletter
    ACM SIGMICRO Newsletter  Volume 9, Issue 3
    September 1978
    19 pages
    ISSN:1050-916X
    DOI:10.1145/1096532
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    Association for Computing Machinery

    New York, NY, United States

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    • Published: 1 September 1978

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