DocumentCode
949514
Title
The IRIS Workstation
Author
Nickel, Randy
Author_Institution
Silicon Graphics,Inc.
Volume
4
Issue
8
fYear
1984
Firstpage
30
Lastpage
34
Abstract
A system description of the IRIS work station is presented. Custom VLSI chips improve reliability and increase speed in this high-performance engineering workstation, which combines real-time 3-D color graphics with Unix software and Ethernet network communications.
Keywords
computer graphic equipment; engineering workstations; interactive terminals; Ethernet network communications; IRIS workstation; Unix software; custom VLSI chips; real-time 3-D color graphics; reliability; Computer networks; Costs; Engines; Ethernet networks; Geometry; Graphics; Iris; Power engineering and energy; Silicon; Workstations;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Computer Graphics and Applications, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0272-1716
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MCG.1984.276111
Filename
4055889
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