Large-scale integration - What is yet to come
Abstract
The effects of the development of large-scale integrated circuits on computer technology are investigated. Questions related to the design of integrated circuits are analyzed, taking into account interconnection problems, the cost of the active elements in the integrated circuit, the cost of the silicon, expenses for assembling and testing the devices, the cost per function versus circuit complexity, the achievement of smaller dimensions, aspects of defect density, and the practical design limits imposed by the production technologies. The design of the microprocessor represents the solution found by the integrated circuit industry in connection with the problem to make the advances of the integrated circuit technology available for computing and control applications. It is predicted that the microprocessor will become another building block, like a flip-flop or adder, for the construction of computing systems.
- Publication:
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Science
- Pub Date:
- March 1977
- DOI:
- 10.1126/science.195.4283.1102
- Bibcode:
- 1977Sci...195.1102N
- Keywords:
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- Computer Systems Design;
- Electronic Equipment;
- Integrated Circuits;
- Large Scale Integration;
- Microprocessors;
- Technological Forecasting;
- Component Reliability;
- Cost Reduction;
- Flip-Flops;
- Information Management;
- Maintainability;
- Run Time (Computers);
- Electronics and Electrical Engineering