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Evaluation of the FACOM ALPHA Lisp machine

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M. Yuhara,

A. Hattori,

M. Niwa,

M. Kishimoto,

H. HayashiAuthors Info & Claims

ACM SIGARCH Computer Architecture News, Volume 14, Issue 2

Pages 184 - 190

https://doi.org/10.1145/17356.17377

Published: 01 May 1986 Publication History

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The FACOM ALPHA is the first and only commercially dedicated processor for Lisp and Prolog manufactured in Japan. This paper discusses the evaluation of the FACOM ALPHA for Lisp execution when compared with a general-purpose computer. The CPU use rate of machine instructions and the utilization ratio of the hardware resources are discussed. This paper also explains the interaction between the garbage collector and the virtual memory system, which improves system response time.

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cover image ACM SIGARCH Computer Architecture News

ACM SIGARCH Computer Architecture News Volume 14, Issue 2

Special Issue: Proceedings of the 13th annual international symposium on Computer architecture (ISCA '86)

May 1986

429 pages

ISSN:0163-5964

DOI:10.1145/17356

Editor:
Hideo Aiso

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ISCA '86: Proceedings of the 13th annual international symposium on Computer architecture
June 1986
454 pages
ISBN:081860719X
Chairman:
Hideo Aiso

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Association for Computing Machinery

New York, NY, United States

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Published: 01 May 1986

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