• DocumentCode
    886561
  • Title

    Interaction of VLSI technology progress with minicomputer product development

  • Author

    Spencer, Ralph F., Jr.

  • Volume
    14
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1979
  • fDate
    4/1/1979 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    206
  • Lastpage
    213
  • Abstract
    The author discusses the interaction of VLSI technology progress with future minicomputer product development over the next five years. He demonstrates how VLSI trends in both cost and performance constitute a technology push generating secondary trends that constrain the direction in which minicomputer product development can proceed. Since a minicomputer system consists basically of a CPU, a primary memory, and an I/O subsystem, the interaction of VLSI technology with each of these subsystems is also discussed.
  • Keywords
    Computer architecture; Integrated circuit technology; Large scale integration; Minicomputers; computer architecture; integrated circuit technology; large scale integration; minicomputers; Application software; Central Processing Unit; Circuits; Costs; Electronics industry; History; Microcomputers; Paper technology; Product development; Very large scale integration;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Solid-State Circuits, IEEE Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9200
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JSSC.1979.1051167
  • Filename
    1051167
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=886561