VAX is a series of computers featuring a 32-bit instruction set architecture (ISA) and virtual memory that was developed and sold by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) in the late 20th century. The VAX-11/780, introduced October 25, 1977, was the first of a range of popular and influential computers implementing the VAX ISA. The VAX family was a huge success for DEC, with the last members arriving in the early 1990s, and it was succeeded by the DEC Alpha.
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SignificanceLike the PDP-11, VAX was very successful, providing the majority of DEC's sales, sales growth and profit from the early 1980s to early 1990s 1 Connections
Invented By
Gordon Bell led the architecture group that designed the VAX at Digital Equipment Corporation, introduced in 1977 as the 32-bit successor to the PDP-11.
Preceded By
PDP-11, Systems VAX was explicitly designed as the 32-bit virtual-addressing successor to the 16-bit PDP-11 at Digital Equipment Corporation.
Sources
1. VAX - Wikipedia
History sectionQuote, History section
Like PDP-11, VAX was very successful; it provided the majority of DEC's sales, sales growth, and profit from the early 1980s to early 1990s.
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