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Hardware And Software Considerations For Improving The Throughput Of Scientific Computation Computers, Glenn Allen Sullivan
Hardware And Software Considerations For Improving The Throughput Of Scientific Computation Computers, Glenn Allen Sullivan
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In this paper, hardware and software techniques are presented for improving the Throughput (defined as computations per dollar) of computing systems which are oriented towards high-precision floating point computations. The various improvements are referenced to a baseline of the PDP 11/20, the NOVA 1200, and the TI 960A, all 16 bit minicomputers. The most beneficial hardware improvement is the inclusion of a Floating Point Processor, which yields up to 200X Throughput increase over a software floating point package. The inclusion of a cache high speed local memory and the availability of Polish Notation format instructions are shown to provide less …