• DocumentCode
    925814
  • Title

    Engineering workstations-ICs: the brains of a workstation

  • Author

    Koopman, Philip, Jr. ; Siewiorek, Daniel

  • Author_Institution
    United Technol. Res. Center, East Hartford, CT, USA
  • Volume
    29
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    1992
  • fDate
    4/1/1992 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    52
  • Lastpage
    54
  • Abstract
    Fast central processors and their supporting team of complementary chips, including graphics, I/O, and cache memory ICs, are reviewed. The trend to higher levels of system integration, with more functions or capacity on each chip, is discussed. New architectures are examined
  • Keywords
    engineering workstations; integrated memory circuits; microprocessor chips; I/O IC; cache memory IC; engineering workstations; graphics IC; system integration; Cache memory; Central Processing Unit; Clocks; Computer architecture; Graphics; Manufacturing; Microcomputers; Microprocessors; Random access memory; Reduced instruction set computing; Sun; Workstations;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Spectrum, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9235
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/6.127378
  • Filename
    127378