• DocumentCode
    3556075
  • Title

    Computers and tubes - Today and tomorrow

  • Author

    True, R.

  • Author_Institution
    Litton Industries, San Carlos, California
  • fYear
    1983
  • fDate
    5-7 Dec. 1983
  • Firstpage
    436
  • Lastpage
    439
  • Abstract
    An explosion in the performance-to-price ratio of computer hardware has occurred over the past few years. How this change is likely to affect the way in which things are done in the microwave tube industry will be addressed in this paper. Facts and opinions from key members of the tube community were merged with those of the author to establish benchmarks and trends.
  • Keywords
    Computer industry; Computer networks; Digital arithmetic; Electron devices; Electron tubes; Explosions; Hardware; Pipeline processing; Transistors; Workstations;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Electron Devices Meeting, 1983 International
  • Conference_Location
    Washington, DC, USA
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IEDM.1983.190535
  • Filename
    1483660