Re: Compile HLL to microcode on VLIW - possible?

Don_Lewine@dg-webo.webo.dg.com (Donald Lewine)
10 May 1996 01:41:57 -0400

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Re: Compile HLL to microcode on VLIW - possible? Don_Lewine@dg-webo.webo.dg.com (1996-05-10)
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From: Don_Lewine@dg-webo.webo.dg.com (Donald Lewine)
Newsgroups: comp.compilers,comp.arch
Date: 10 May 1996 01:41:57 -0400
Organization: Data General Corp.
References: 96-04-059 96-05-052
Keywords: architecture

andyw@ibeam.jf.intel.com says...
>In retrospect FHP is a wonderful example of what Fred Brooks called
>the 2nd-system effect. It was architected by DG's leading software
>developers and contained all the advances they could think of. How
>advanced was it, you ask? In addition to S-languages for direct HLL
>support, would you believe
>
>* true object orientation with one-level addressing across a network
>(128 bit pointers!)
>* A-level secure UNIX-like OS built on a microkernel
>* full-blown relational DBMS
>* bit-level addressability for graphics
>
>in other words, 'way ahead of its time, but also too radical to
>develop and debug on the allotted schedule.


It is interesting to note that there were 54 patents issued on the FHP
architecture and many of them may turn out to be quite valuable. It
is quite likely that Data General will more than recover its
investment in FHP.
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