skip to main content
article
Free Access

Hardware differences in the 9373 and 9375 processors

Published:01 September 1988Publication History
Skip Abstract Section

Abstract

In order to have a broad range of performance in processors, more than one model must exist. A family of processors infers systems with enough commonality that a smaller model can be upgraded to a larger one with minimum effort by retaining as much of the existing hardware as possible. This paper describes the differences between the Models 20 and 40, which have basically the same internal engine, and the Model 60, which has additional hardware to give it improved performance. The paper begins with a description of what cache and TLBs (translation look-aside buffers) are, and explains how they affect the performance of a processor.

Index Terms

  1. Hardware differences in the 9373 and 9375 processors

        Recommendations

        Comments

        Login options

        Check if you have access through your login credentials or your institution to get full access on this article.

        Sign in

        Full Access

        • Published in

          cover image ACM SIGMICRO Newsletter
          ACM SIGMICRO Newsletter  Volume 19, Issue 3
          Sept. 1988
          58 pages
          ISSN:1050-916X
          DOI:10.1145/62185
          Issue’s Table of Contents

          Copyright © 1988 Authors

          Publisher

          Association for Computing Machinery

          New York, NY, United States

          Publication History

          • Published: 1 September 1988

          Check for updates

          Qualifiers

          • article
        • Article Metrics

          • Downloads (Last 12 months)10
          • Downloads (Last 6 weeks)0

          Other Metrics

        PDF Format

        View or Download as a PDF file.

        PDF

        eReader

        View online with eReader.

        eReader
        About Cookies On This Site

        We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website.

        Learn more

        Got it!