VAX Architecture

GPTKB entity

Statements (57)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:architecture
gptkbp:addressed Direct addressing
Immediate addressing
Indexed addressing
Indirect addressing
Register indirect addressing
gptkbp:data_type gptkb:original_score
gptkb:Logic
gptkb:character
Floating-point
gptkbp:designed_by gptkb:Digital_Equipment_Corporation
gptkbp:first_introduced gptkb:1977
gptkbp:has_features Support for virtual memory
Backward compatibility
Support for multiple data types
Support for debugging tools
Support for system utilities
Support for application programming interfaces (APIs)
Support for device drivers
Support for performance monitoring
Support for real-time applications
Rich instruction set
Support for security features
Support for floating-point operations
Support for hardware interrupts
Support for system calls
Support for error handling
Support for networking
Support for kernel-level threads
Support for user-level threads
Support for multiprocessing
Support for file systems
Support for high-level languages
Support for memory management
Support for system programming
Support for user interfaces
Support for I/ O operations
Support for complex addressing modes
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label VAX Architecture
gptkbp:instruction_set VAX instruction set
Variable-length instructions
gptkbp:is_based_on gptkb:Complex_instruction_set_computing_(CISC)
gptkbp:memory_type 32-bit addressing
gptkbp:notable_models gptkb:VAX-11
gptkbp:operating_system gptkb:Ultrix
gptkb:VMS
gptkb:BSD_UNIX
gptkb:Open_VMS
gptkbp:registration General-purpose registers
Control registers
Floating-point registers
gptkbp:successor Alpha architecture
gptkbp:supports Virtual memory
gptkbp:used_in VAX computers
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:VAX_File_System
gptkb:VAX_Assembly
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6