• 1984

Hardware Description

Highlights of 4361 Processor:
•Commercial performance equivalent to the 4331 model 2.
•Factory installed option increases engineering/scientific performance up to 1.4 times the model 2 for short precision and 2.2 times for long precision.
•High-Accuracy Arithmetic Facility:
◦Allows computational procedures with algorithmic verification of results.
◦New floating-point instructions are implemented for computation of basic arithmetic operations and the scalar product with maximum accuracy.
◦Provides direct rounding for the short and long floating-point hexadecimal formats.
•Microcode-assisted support for improved performance of frequently used mathematical functions.

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  • Model Number:

    4361 Processor Model 3
  • Manufacturer:

  • Hardware Type:

    Computer - Mainframe
  • Manufacture Year:

    1984
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