Title :
A workstation I/O system on a chip
Author :
Spencer, T. ; Lettang, F. ; McAllister, C. ; Riccio, T. ; Orth, J. ; Weiss, D. ; Arnold, B.
Author_Institution :
Hewlett-Packard Co., Fort Collins, CO, USA
Abstract :
Describes the I/O sub-system for the new low-end of HP´s Series 700 family of workstations. The paper focuses on the single piece of custom VLSI that serves as the heart of the I/O sub-system. This chip was optimized to minimize the manufacturing cost of the system while maintaining functional compatibility and comparable performance with existing members of the Series 700 family. A wide range of functionalities from a variety of sources (including outside vendors) was combined on a single piece of silicon to obtain an optimal balance between manufacturing cost, performance, and software compatibility.<>
Keywords :
Hewlett Packard computers; VLSI; microprocessor chips; optimisation; workstations; Hewlett Packard Series 700 workstations; custom VLSI chip; functional compatibility; manufacturing cost minimization; outside vendors; performance; software compatibility; workstation I/O subsystem; Circuits; Clocks; Decoding; Floppy disks; Local area networks; Logic; Protocols; Read only memory; Telephony; Workstations;
Conference_Titel :
Compcon Spring '94, Digest of Papers.
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-5380-9
DOI :
10.1109/CMPCON.1994.282904
