VAX processors

GPTKB entity

Statements (54)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf computer architecture
gptkbp:architecturalStyle CISC
gptkbp:compatibleWith backward compatibility
gptkbp:developedBy gptkb:Digital_Equipment_Corporation
gptkbp:endOfProduction 2000s
gptkbp:environment gptkb:Pascal
gptkb:VAX_C
COBOL
FORTRAN
VAX_MACRO
gptkbp:equipment error detection and correction
cache memory
interrupt handling
memory management unit
floating-point unit
bus architecture
multiprocessing support
I/O processing
DMA_support
gptkbp:firstIntroduced 1977
gptkbp:hasPopulation 1990s
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label VAX processors
gptkbp:instructionSet gptkb:VAX_ISA
data types
logical instructions
bit manipulation instructions
control instructions
arithmetic instructions
variable-length instructions
complex addressing modes
string manipulation instructions
gptkbp:legacy gptkb:VAX_11/620
gptkb:VAX_11/780
gptkb:VAX_11/730
gptkb:VAX_11/750
gptkb:VAX_9000_series
emulation software
gptkbp:marketSegment enterprise computing
gptkbp:notableFeature real-time processing
scientific computing
business applications
database_management
gptkbp:notableModels gptkb:VAX_9000
VAX-11
gptkbp:operatingHours Unix
OpenVMS
VMS
gptkbp:performance 32-bit architecture
gptkbp:RAM virtual memory
gptkbp:registration floating-point registers
general-purpose registers
gptkbp:successor Alpha processors
RISC processors
gptkbp:usedIn minicomputers