Technology '89: the main event

1 January 1989

journal article
Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Spectrum

Vol. 26 (1) , 28
https://doi.org/10.1109/6.16371

Abstract

The merging of reduced-instruction-set computers (RISC), parallel processing, compiler techniques, graphics and bus technologies, and custom integrated circuits into a new class of computer, variously called the graphics supercomputer, the super graphics workstation, the graphics supercomputing workstation, the 3-D super workstation, or the personal supercomputer, is discussed. The characteristics and capabilities of machines from different manufacturers are summarized.

Keywords

COMPUTER GRAPHICS
WORKSTATIONS
INTEGRATED CIRCUIT TECHNOLOGY
CONCURRENT COMPUTING
SUPERCOMPUTERS
MERGING
REDUCED INSTRUCTION SET COMPUTING
PARALLEL PROCESSING
APPLICATION SPECIFIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS
MANUFACTURING

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