IBM z10: The next-generation mainframe microprocessor

IEEE Micro

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 19-29

  Webb, Charles F ^a  

^a IBM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CACHE MEMORY; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DATA COMPRESSION; MOBILE COMPUTING; PIPELINE PROCESSING SYSTEMS; PROGRAM PROCESSORS;

DECIMAL FLOATING-POINT COMPUTATION; MULTIPROCESSOR SCALING;

MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS;

EID: 44849092538     PISSN: 02721732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MM.2008.26     Document Type: Conference Paper

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