GE-645
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GE-645 was a mainframe computer system developed by General Electric in the 1960s, notable for its advanced hardware support for time-sharing and virtual memory used in early operating systems research.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
computer system
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mainframe computer ⓘ |
| architecture | 36-bit ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Multics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collaboratingInstitution |
Bell Labs
NERFINISHED
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| designGoal |
advanced time-sharing performance
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fine-grained protection ⓘ support Multics requirements ⓘ |
| developer | General Electric NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| feature |
I/O channels
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hardware base and bounds registers ⓘ hardware support for dynamic linking ⓘ interrupt system ⓘ memory protection ⓘ multiprogramming support ⓘ paging ⓘ privilege rings ⓘ ring-based protection mechanism ⓘ segmentation ⓘ segmented-paged virtual memory ⓘ |
| hardwareSupportFor |
hierarchical protection rings
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paged address space ⓘ segmented address space ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
central processing unit
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core memory ⓘ |
| influenced |
Honeywell 6180
NERFINISHED
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later virtual memory architectures ⓘ modern operating system design ⓘ |
| introductionPeriod | 1960s ⓘ |
| manufacturer | General Electric NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memoryType | magnetic core memory ⓘ |
| notableFor |
hardware support for time-sharing
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hardware support for virtual memory ⓘ |
| operatingSystem | Multics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | early time-sharing era ⓘ |
| series | GE-600 series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | historical computer system ⓘ |
| successor | Honeywell 6180 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supports |
multiple users
ⓘ
time-shared access ⓘ |
| usedAt |
MIT Computation Center
NERFINISHED
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MIT Project MAC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
multics development
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operating systems research ⓘ time-sharing ⓘ |
| wordLength | 36-bit word ⓘ |
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