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Title: DIS: an architecture for fast lisp execution

Thesis/Dissertation ·
OSTI ID:6984117

DIS is an architecture for very fast execution of LISP and other artificial intelligence languages. The DIS architecture uses a number of functional units controlled by a wide (256 bit) instruction. A simulator, compiler,and optimizer were constructed for the DIS architecture. A simulated 100-nanosecond cycle time single-processor DIS machine appears to run LISP on the order of twice as fast as a CRAY-1, and on the order of ten to fifteen times faster than other LISP-directed architectures.

Research Organization:
Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst., Troy, NY (USA)
OSTI ID:
6984117
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Thesis (Ph. D.)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English