Parallel Function Units

Contents

• Instruction Hazards
• The CDC 6600
  • The CDC 6600 CPU
  • Function units in the 6600
  • Instruction Dependencies
  • First Order Conflicts
  • Second Order Conflicts
  • Third Order Conflicts
  • Data highways
• The CDC 7600
  • The CDC 7600 CPU
  • Function units in the 7600
  • Instruction Issue
  • Performance Evaluation
• Tomasulo's Algorithm
  • The IBM System/360 Model 91
  • The 360/91 Floating-point unit
  • Operation of the Algorithm