PDP-11

E183936

The PDP-11 is a series of 16-bit minicomputers introduced by Digital Equipment Corporation in the 1970s that became highly influential in computer architecture and operating system development.

All labels observed (31)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (68)

Predicate Object
instanceOf computer architecture platform ⓘ
minicomputer series ⓘ
computerArchitectureType 16-bit architecture ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
familyMember PDP-11/20 ⓘ
linked to: PDP-11

PDP-11/34 ⓘ
linked to: PDP-11

PDP-11/40 ⓘ
linked to: PDP-11

PDP-11/44 ⓘ
linked to: PDP-11

PDP-11/45 ⓘ
linked to: PDP-11

PDP-11/70 ⓘ
linked to: PDP-11

PDP-11/73 ⓘ
linked to: PDP-11

PDP-11/83 ⓘ
linked to: PDP-11

PDP-11/84 ⓘ
linked to: PDP-11

PDP-11/94 ⓘ
linked to: PDP-11
hasAddressSpace 16-bit address space ⓘ
hasBusArchitecture Q-bus ⓘ
Unibus ⓘ
hasInstructionSet PDP-11 instruction set ⓘ
hasRegister R0 ⓘ
R1 ⓘ
R2 ⓘ
R3 ⓘ
R4 ⓘ
R5 ⓘ
R6 (stack pointer) ⓘ
R7 (program counter) ⓘ
hasRegisterCount 8 general-purpose registers ⓘ
influenced BSD Unix ⓘ
linked to: BSD

C programming language implementation practices ⓘ
Motorola 68000 architecture ⓘ
Unix operating system design ⓘ
VAX ⓘ
computer architecture education ⓘ
introducedInYear 1970 ⓘ
laterModelsSupport memory management unit ⓘ
separate instruction and data spaces ⓘ
up to 4 MB of memory with segmentation ⓘ
manufacturer Digital Equipment Corporation ⓘ
marketSegment minicomputer market ⓘ
maxAddressableMemory 64 KB in basic models ⓘ
notableFor influence on later minicomputers and microprocessors ⓘ
orthogonal instruction set ⓘ
simple and elegant architecture ⓘ
widespread use in universities ⓘ
operatingSystem 2.11BSD ⓘ
linked to: BSD

2BSD ⓘ
linked to: BSD

RSTS/E ⓘ
RSX-11 ⓘ
RT-11 ⓘ
UNIX ⓘ
linked to: Unix

V7 UNIX ⓘ
productionPeriod 1970s ⓘ
1980s ⓘ
successor VAX-11 ⓘ
linked to: VAX
supports autodecrement addressing ⓘ
autoincrement addressing ⓘ
byte addressing ⓘ
general-purpose registers ⓘ
memory-mapped I/O ⓘ
usedFor industrial control ⓘ
laboratory automation ⓘ
real-time systems ⓘ
scientific computing ⓘ
time-sharing systems ⓘ
usedIn Bell Labs for Unix development ⓘ
academic computer science departments ⓘ
industrial process control systems ⓘ
wordSize 16-bit ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (98)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Unix → laterPlatform → PDP-11 ⓘ
UCSD p-System → platform → PDP-11 ⓘ
B → targetPlatform → DEC PDP-11 ⓘ
linked to: PDP-11
B programming language → designedFor → DEC PDP-11 ⓘ
linked to: PDP-11
VAX → compatibleWith → PDP-11 (at instruction-set level via compatibility mode) ⓘ
linked to: PDP-11
VAX → successorTo → PDP-11 family ⓘ
linked to: PDP-11
PDP-11 → familyMember → PDP-11/20 ⓘ
linked to: PDP-11
PDP-11 → familyMember → PDP-11/40 ⓘ
linked to: PDP-11
PDP-11 → familyMember → PDP-11/45 ⓘ
linked to: PDP-11
PDP-11 → familyMember → PDP-11/70 ⓘ
linked to: PDP-11
PDP-11 → familyMember → PDP-11/34 ⓘ
linked to: PDP-11
PDP-11 → familyMember → PDP-11/44 ⓘ
linked to: PDP-11
PDP-11 → familyMember → PDP-11/73 ⓘ
linked to: PDP-11
PDP-11 → familyMember → PDP-11/83 ⓘ
linked to: PDP-11
PDP-11 → familyMember → PDP-11/84 ⓘ
linked to: PDP-11
PDP-11 → familyMember → PDP-11/94 ⓘ
linked to: PDP-11
Gordon Bell → notableWork → PDP-11 ⓘ
VT100 → usedWith → PDP-11 ⓘ
subject linked to: VT100 terminal
Digital Equipment Corporation → notableProduct → PDP-11 ⓘ
subject linked to: DEC
RSX-11 → designedFor → PDP-11 ⓘ
RSX-11 → targetHardware → PDP-11/20 ⓘ
linked to: PDP-11
RSX-11 → targetHardware → PDP-11/40 ⓘ
linked to: PDP-11
RSX-11 → targetHardware → PDP-11/45 ⓘ
linked to: PDP-11
RSX-11 → targetHardware → PDP-11/70 ⓘ
linked to: PDP-11
TECO → platform → PDP-11 ⓘ
Franz Lisp → platform → PDP-11 ⓘ
R3 (PDP-11 register) → partOf → PDP-11 architecture ⓘ
subject linked to: R3
linked to: PDP-11
R3 (PDP-11 register) → partOf → PDP-11 register set ⓘ
subject linked to: R3
linked to: PDP-11
R3 (PDP-11 register) → usedIn → PDP-11 minicomputer ⓘ
subject linked to: R3
linked to: PDP-11
R3 (PDP-11 register) → architectureFamily → PDP-11 ⓘ
subject linked to: R3
R3 (PDP-11 register) → supportsInstructionSet → PDP-11 instruction set ⓘ
subject linked to: R3
linked to: PDP-11
R3 (PDP-11 register) → introducedWith → PDP-11 family ⓘ
subject linked to: R3
linked to: PDP-11
R6 (stack pointer) → partOf → PDP-11 architecture ⓘ
linked to: PDP-11
R6 (stack pointer) → usedOn → PDP-11 minicomputer ⓘ
linked to: PDP-11
R6 (stack pointer) → accessedBy → PDP-11 instruction set ⓘ
linked to: PDP-11
R7 (program counter) → partOf → PDP-11 CPU ⓘ
linked to: PDP-11
R7 (program counter) → partOf → PDP-11 register set ⓘ
linked to: PDP-11
R7 (program counter) → addressSpace → PDP-11 memory address space ⓘ
linked to: PDP-11
R7 (program counter) → belongsToFamily → DEC PDP-11 ⓘ
linked to: PDP-11
RT-11 → designedFor → PDP-11 ⓘ
RT-11 → runsOn → PDP-11/20 ⓘ
linked to: PDP-11
RT-11 → runsOn → PDP-11/40 ⓘ
linked to: PDP-11
RT-11 → runsOn → PDP-11/45 ⓘ
linked to: PDP-11
RT-11 → runsOn → PDP-11/70 ⓘ
linked to: PDP-11
RSTS/E → designedFor → PDP-11 ⓘ
RSTS/E → runsOn → PDP-11/20 ⓘ
linked to: PDP-11