• DocumentCode
    951528
  • Title

    Low-cost microcomputing: The personal computer and single-board computer revolutions

  • Author

    Doerr, John

  • Author_Institution
    Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA
  • Volume
    66
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1978
  • Firstpage
    117
  • Lastpage
    130
  • Abstract
    Personal computing is one of the most revolutionary applications of microprocessors; single-board computing is another. The origins of both applications are traced and current products and services described in a tutorial fashion. Trends are forecasted and conclusions drawn about these two low-cost computing revolutions.
  • Keywords
    Application software; Calculators; Central Processing Unit; Consumer electronics; Costs; Microcomputers; Pervasive computing; Physics computing; Random access memory; Telemetry;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Proceedings of the IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9219
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/PROC.1978.10862
  • Filename
    1455131