IBM System/360

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IBM System/360 is a landmark family of mainframe computers introduced in the 1960s that standardized computer architecture and revolutionized business and scientific computing.

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instanceOf computer architecture
mainframe computer family
addressSpace 24-bit
announcementDate 1964-04-07
applicationDomain business data processing
engineering computing
government computing
scientific computing
architectureType 32-bit architecture
chiefArchitect Gene Amdahl
codeName Project Stretch offspring
commercialSuccess yes
compatibleWith IBM System/370
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
designedBy Gene Amdahl
surface form: Fred Brooks

Gene Amdahl
Gerrit Blaauw
developer IBM
estimatedDevelopmentCost over 5 billion US dollars (1960s)
hasModel IBM System/360 self-linksurface differs
surface form: IBM System/360 Model 30

IBM System/360 self-linksurface differs
surface form: IBM System/360 Model 40

IBM System/360 self-linksurface differs
surface form: IBM System/360 Model 50

IBM System/360 self-linksurface differs
surface form: IBM System/360 Model 65

IBM System/360 self-linksurface differs
surface form: IBM System/360 Model 67

IBM System/360 self-linksurface differs
surface form: IBM System/360 Model 75

IBM System/360 self-linksurface differs
surface form: IBM System/360 Model 91

IBM System/360 self-linksurface differs
surface form: IBM System/360 Model 95
inception 1964
influenced IBM System z
surface form: IBM ESA/390

IBM System/370
IBM System z
surface form: IBM z/Architecture

mainframe compatibility standards
instructionSet IBM System/360 self-linksurface differs
surface form: System/360 instruction set
introducedInDecade 1960s
manufacturer IBM
marketedAs single compatible product line for business and scientific computing
notableFeature channel I/O subsystem
microprogramming in many models
separation of architecture from implementation
standardized I/O architecture
upward binary compatibility across models
notableModel IBM System/360 self-linksurface differs
surface form: IBM System/360 Model 67

IBM System/360 self-linksurface differs
surface form: IBM System/360 Model 91
osFamily TOS/360
surface form: BOS/360

CP-67
OS/360
surface form: DOS/360

OS/360
TOS/360
predecessor IBM 700/7000 series
projectManager Fred Brooks
revolutionized business computing
scientific computing
standardized IBM mainframe architecture
successor IBM System/370
supports byte-addressable memory
character data processing
fixed-point arithmetic
floating-point arithmetic
supportsVirtualMemory IBM System/360 self-linksurface differs
surface form: IBM System/360 Model 67
wordSize 32-bit

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IBM notableProduct IBM System/360
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this entity surface form: System/360 instruction set
IBM System/360 hasModel IBM System/360 self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: IBM System/360 Model 30
IBM System/360 hasModel IBM System/360 self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: IBM System/360 Model 40
IBM System/360 hasModel IBM System/360 self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: IBM System/360 Model 50
IBM System/360 hasModel IBM System/360 self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: IBM System/360 Model 65
IBM System/360 hasModel IBM System/360 self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: IBM System/360 Model 75
IBM System/360 hasModel IBM System/360 self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: IBM System/360 Model 91
IBM System/360 hasModel IBM System/360 self-linksurface differs
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IBM System/360 notableModel IBM System/360 self-linksurface differs
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IBM System/360 notableModel IBM System/360 self-linksurface differs
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IBM System/360 supportsVirtualMemory IBM System/360 self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form: IBM System/360 architecture
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this entity surface form: IBM System/360 architecture team
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this entity surface form: IBM System/360 architecture
Honeywell 200 series competitiveWith IBM System/360
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Gerrit Anne Blaauw notableWork IBM System/360
Gerrit Anne Blaauw notableWork IBM System/360
this entity surface form: Architecture of the IBM System/360
Gerrit Anne Blaauw notableWork IBM System/360
this entity surface form: System/360 and Early 370 Systems
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Amdahl knownFor IBM System/360
subject surface form: Gene Amdahl
this entity surface form: IBM System/360 architecture
IBM 145 predecessor IBM System/360
this entity surface form: IBM System/360 family