VAX 8350

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VAX 8350
Summary
Announcement date: 2 March 1987
Codename: Sargas
OS support (VMS): VMS V4.5
OS support (ULTRIX): ULTRIX V2.0 [1]
CPU Details
CPU name (VMS): KA825
CPU name (console): None
CPU module: KA825
Module: T1001-YA
Number of processors: 2
VMS DCL CPU: 5
VMS DCL XCPU: 0
SID: 05903914
XSID: 00000000
CPU chip: V11 [1]
CPU technology: ZMOS
CPU cycle time: 160ns [1]
CPU clock: 6.25MHz [1]
Instruction-buffer: 8 bytes [2]
Translation-buffer: 512 entries
Control store: 15K 40-bit words [2]
Writable Control Store: 1K 40-bit words [2]
Cache: 8KB (160ns) [2]
Compatibility mode: No
Console processor: CPU
Console device: None
Memory
Minimum memory: 4MB
Maximum memory: 128MB
Memory checking: 7-bit ECC/longword [2]
I/O
Max I/O throughput: 13.3MB/s [2]
UNIBUS: 1 @ 1.5MB/s
VAXBI: 1 @ 13.3MB/s
LAN support: optional
Performance
VUPs: 2.3 [2]

The VAX 8350 is an improved version of the VAX 8300 mid-range VAX dual-CPU multi-processor system, built around the VAXBI bus; it has the improved KA825 CPU in place of the KA820 CPU of the VAX 8300.

See also

References

[1] KA825 Maintenance Advisory. EK-KA825-MA-001
[2] VAX Systems Hardware Handbook -- VAXBI Systems. EB-31692-46

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