PCs and workstations

Author

Comerford, R.

Volume

31

Issue

1

fYear

1994

Firstpage

35

Lastpage

37

Abstract

The long-anticipated union of PCs and workstations began in earnest in 1993, ushering in another era in computing. Each group ceded the central processor slot to the latest chips based on reduced-instruction-set computing (RISC): Alpha, MIPS, PA-RISC, PowerPC, and microSparc. Complex-instruction-set computing (CISC), meanwhile, is not dead, certainly not in notebook computers and microcontroller-based systems; but its future in the general-purpose computers of the next millennium is moot. Like distributed client-server computing, multimedia and interactive video communications are new pillars on which modern businesses are now being built. Traditional office equipment will tie in to computers easily in 1994, and companies will shift to operations that are fully integrated yet distributed throughout the enterprise. This paper discusses multimedia systems, active matrix screens, and notebooks displaying in 3D.<>

Keywords

microcomputers; multimedia systems; reduced instruction set computing; screens (display); workstations; 3D display; CISC; RISC; active matrix screens; client-server computing; complex-instruction-set computing; interactive video communications; microcontroller-based systems; multimedia; notebook computers; personal computers; reduced-instruction-set computing; workstations; Books; Distributed computing; Manufacturing; Marketing and sales; Multimedia computing; Operating systems; Optical buffering; Personal communication networks; Reduced instruction set computing; Workstations;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Spectrum, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9235

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/6.249057

Filename

249057