PDP-11 architecture

GPTKB entity

Statements (33)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:architecture
gptkbp:addressingModes multiple addressing modes
gptkbp:developedBy gptkb:Digital_Equipment_Corporation
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label PDP-11 architecture
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Intel_x86_architecture
gptkb:VAX_architecture
gptkb:Motorola_68000_architecture
gptkbp:instructionSet CISC
gptkbp:introducedIn 1970
gptkbp:length 16-bit
gptkbp:memoryBusWidth 16-bit
gptkbp:notableFor orthogonal instruction set
memory-mapped I/O
byte-addressable memory
auto-increment and auto-decrement addressing
influencing C programming language design
influencing UNIX system design
simplicity and elegance
gptkbp:operatingSystem gptkb:RSX-11
gptkb:UNIX
gptkb:RSTS/E
gptkb:BSD_UNIX
gptkb:RT-11
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:PDP-8_architecture
gptkbp:registration 8 general-purpose registers
gptkbp:successor gptkb:VAX_architecture
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:PDP-11_minicomputers
embedded systems
laboratory instrumentation
industrial control systems
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:VAX_computer_architecture
gptkb:PDP-11/03
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7