<s>
The	O
ACS-1	B-Device
and	O
ACS-360	O
are	O
two	O
related	O
supercomputers	B-Architecture
designed	O
by	O
IBM	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
IBM	O
Advanced	O
Computing	O
Systems	O
project	O
from	O
1961	O
to	O
1969	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
the	O
designs	O
were	O
never	O
finished	O
and	O
no	O
models	O
ever	O
went	O
into	O
production	O
,	O
the	O
project	O
spawned	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
organizational	O
techniques	O
and	O
architectural	O
innovations	O
that	O
have	O
since	O
become	O
incorporated	O
into	O
nearly	O
all	O
high-performance	B-Architecture
computers	I-Architecture
in	O
existence	O
today	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
of	O
the	O
ideas	O
resulting	O
from	O
the	O
project	O
directly	O
influenced	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
IBM	B-Device
RS/6000	I-Device
and	O
,	O
more	O
recently	O
,	O
have	O
contributed	O
to	O
the	O
Explicitly	B-General_Concept
Parallel	I-General_Concept
Instruction	I-General_Concept
Computing	I-General_Concept
(	O
EPIC	O
)	O
computing	O
paradigm	O
used	O
by	O
Intel	O
and	O
HP	O
in	O
high-performance	O
processors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ACS	O
project	O
began	O
in	O
1961	O
as	O
Project	O
Y	O
with	O
a	O
goal	O
of	O
“	O
building	O
a	O
machine	O
that	O
was	O
one	O
hundred	O
times	O
faster	O
than	O
Stretch	B-Device
”	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
decision	O
by	O
IBM	O
in	O
May	O
1968	O
to	O
modify	O
the	O
project	O
to	O
support	O
S/360	B-Application
compatibility	O
resulted	O
in	O
the	O
name	O
change	O
from	O
ACS-1	B-Device
to	O
ACS-360	O
for	O
the	O
computer	O
being	O
designed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ACS-360	O
project	O
was	O
canceled	O
in	O
May	O
1969	O
;	O
however	O
,	O
many	O
of	O
the	O
innovations	O
resulting	O
from	O
the	O
project	O
would	O
eventually	O
find	O
direct	O
realization	O
in	O
the	O
IBM	B-Device
RS/6000	I-Device
series	O
of	O
machines	O
(	O
later	O
known	O
as	O
the	O
IBM	B-Device
System	I-Device
p	I-Device
line	O
of	O
workstations	O
and	O
servers	O
)	O
,	O
apart	O
from	O
influencing	O
the	O
design	O
of	O
other	O
machines	O
and	O
architectures	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
neither	O
the	O
ACS-1	B-Device
nor	O
the	O
ACS-360	O
was	O
ever	O
manufactured	O
,	O
the	O
IBM	O
Advanced	O
Computing	O
Systems	O
group	O
responsible	O
for	O
their	O
design	O
developed	O
architectural	O
innovations	O
and	O
pioneered	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
RISC	B-Architecture
CPU	O
design	O
techniques	O
that	O
would	O
become	O
fundamental	O
to	O
the	O
design	O
of	O
modern	O
computer	O
architectures	O
and	O
systems	O
:	O
</s>
