Technology 1991: PCs and workstations

Author

Rosenblatt, A.

Volume

28

Issue

1

fYear

1991

Firstpage

32

Lastpage

35

Abstract

Significant developments during 1990 in the areas of personal computers and workstations are discussed. Laptops and notebook-size machines composed the fastest growing segment of the personal computer marketplace. Other notable announcements including a broad range of engineering workstations, with RISC computers breaking the US $5000 barrier. Peripherals also spurred great activity. Hard-disk drives continued to get smaller while growing in capacity, floppy disks jumped up to the superfloppy arena with an order-of-magnitude boost in storage capacity, and IC memory cards were on the verge of making their mark as replacements for rotating magnetic-disk memory.<>

Keywords

hard discs; microcomputers; portable computers; reduced instruction set computing; workstations; IC memory cards; RISC computers; engineering workstations; floppy disks; hard disk drives; laptops; notebook computers; peripherals; personal computers; workstations; Computer aided manufacturing; Computer graphics; Drives; Microcomputers; Out of order; Personal communication networks; Portable computers; Power engineering computing; Reduced instruction set computing; Workstations;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Spectrum, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9235

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/6.67236

Filename

67236