IBM System/360
IBM System/360, familia de computadores compatibles
- Date
- 1964 · confidence high
- Place
- IBM, Poughkeepsie, New York, United States
- Credited to
- Gene Amdahl, Fred Brooks and Bob Evans (IBM)
- People
- 👤 Frederick Brooks1931–2022👤 Gene Amdahl1922–2015
- Field
- Knowledge & symbols
What it is
First family of computers sharing the same instruction-set architecture across different sizes, with the 8-bit byte and software compatibility. It established the idea of a platform.
What it led to
- Separation of architecture from implementation and software as a lasting investment
- IBM's dominance and mainframe culture in banks and governments
- Software engineering as a discipline (The Mythical Man-Month)
Built on
Made possible
- Relational database model1970
- multitasking operating systems
- compatibility standards