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It's a lot easier to claim that all modern processors (that are based on a load/store architecture... All RISC chips, basically... and that includes x86) trace
by trsohmers 12y ago
It's a lot easier to claim that all modern processors (that are based on a load/store architecture... All RISC chips, basically... and that includes x86) trace back to the CDC 6600, probably Seymour Cray's most direct and influential gift to the world of computing.
- jacquesm 12y agoI can get behind that. Control data, or it will control you!
- JoachimS 12y agoAnd the IBM reference would be IBM 801 by John Cocke: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_801 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_801 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cocke http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cocke Dunno how much it actually influenced the Archimedes though.