| Abstract | .... 2 | |
| 1 | Introduction | .... 2 |
| 1.1 | Objectives | .... 3 |
| 1.2 | The A'UM Computation Model | .... 3 |
| 1.3 | Characteristics Features of A'UM | .... 5 |
| 1.4 | Key Features of A'UM-a | .... 7 |
| 1.5 | Organization | .... 8 |
| 2 | System Architecture | .... 10 |
| 2.1 | System Overview | .... 10 |
| 2.2 | Registers | .... 11 |
| 2.3 | Memory Management | .... 12 |
| 2.4 | Scheduling Control | .... 14 |
| 2.5 | A'UM-a Interpreter | .... 16 |
| 3 | Data Representation | .... 17 |
| 3.1 | Cells | .... 18 |
| 3.2 | Pointers | .... 18 |
| 3.3 | Constants | .... 19 |
| 3.4 | Structures | .... 21 |
| 3.5 | Messages | .... 26 |
| 3.6 | Classes | .... 27 |
| 4 | A'UM-a Instruction Set | .... 32 |
| 4.1 | Instruction Format | .... 32 |
| 4.2 | Stream Manipulation | .... 38 |
| 4.3 | Message Sending | .... 38 |
| 4.4 | Built-in Operations | .... 39 |
| 4.5 | Optimized Condition Handling | .... 40 |
| 4.6 | Slot Access | .... 40 |
| 4.7 | Object Creation | .... 41 |
| 5 | Examples of A'UM-a Code Generation | .... 42 |
| 6 | Performance Measurement | .... 45 |
| 6.1 | Benchmark Programs | .... 45 |
| 6.2 | Measurement Procedure | .... 46 |
| 6.3 | Measurement Result | .... 49 |
| 7 | Conclusions and Future Work | .... 50 |
| Acknowledgments | .... 52 | |
| References | .... 52 |
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