Evaluation of the FACOM ALPHA Lisp machine

Authors:
M. Yuhara;A. Hattori;M. Niwa;M. Kishimoto;H. Hayashi
Affiliations:
Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd., 1015 Kamikodanaka Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki 211 JAPAN;Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd., 1015 Kamikodanaka Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki 211 JAPAN;Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd., 1015 Kamikodanaka Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki 211 JAPAN;Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd., 1015 Kamikodanaka Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki 211 JAPAN;Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd., 1015 Kamikodanaka Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki 211 JAPAN
Venue:
ISCA '86 Proceedings of the 13th annual international symposium on Computer architecture
Year:
1986

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Abstract

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.