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87 relations: Adder (electronics), Address bus, AlphaServer, AlphaStation, Application-specific integrated circuit, Arithmetic logic unit, Barrel shifter, Binary multiplier, Booth's multiplication algorithm, Branch (computer science), Branch misprediction, Branch predictor, Bus (computing), Byte (magazine), Chipset, Circuit design, Computer data storage, Control unit, CPU cache, Cray, Cray T3D, DEC 3000 AXP, DEC 4000 AXP, DEC 7000/10000 AXP, DEC Alpha, DEC Multia, DECpc AXP 150, Digital Equipment Corporation, Dirk Meyer, ECC memory, Electronic News, Embedded system, Encore Computer, Error correction code, Firmware, Floating-point unit, Framebuffer, Graphics processing unit, Heat sink, Heat spreader, Hudson, Massachusetts, IBM, IEEE Micro, Instruction pipelining, Instruction set architecture, International Solid-State Circuits Conference, Kilobyte, Memory bus, Memory controller, Micrometre, ..., Microprocessor, Microprocessor Report, Mitsubishi Electric, Multiplication, NetApp, NetApp filer, Notebook, Operating system, Original equipment manufacturer, Overclocking, Page (computer memory), Page table, Parity bit, Personal computer, Phase-locked loop, Physical address, Pin grid array, POWER2, Register file, Second source, Semiconductor fabrication plant, Server (computing), Sign bit, Single-board computer, South Queensferry, Static random-access memory, Supercomputer, Superscalar processor, Tadpole Computer, Translation lookaside buffer, Uniprocessor system, Video RAM (dual-ported DRAM), Virtual address space, Virtual memory, Volt, Windows NT, Workstation. Expand index (37 more) »
Adder (electronics)
An adder is a digital circuit that performs addition of numbers.
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Address bus
An address bus is a computer bus (a series of lines connecting two or more devices) that is used to specify a physical address.
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AlphaServer
AlphaServer was the name given to a series of server computers, produced from 1994 onwards by Digital Equipment Corporation, and later by Compaq and HP.
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AlphaStation
AlphaStation was the name given to a series of computer workstations, produced from 1994 onwards by Digital Equipment Corporation, and later by Compaq and HP.
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Application-specific integrated circuit
An Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), is an integrated circuit (IC) customized for a particular use, rather than intended for general-purpose use.
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Arithmetic logic unit
An arithmetic logic unit (ALU) is a combinational digital electronic circuit that performs arithmetic and bitwise operations on integer binary numbers.
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Barrel shifter
A barrel shifter is a digital circuit that can shift a data word by a specified number of bits without the use of any sequential logic, only pure combinational logic.
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Binary multiplier
A binary multiplier is an electronic circuit used in digital electronics, such as a computer, to multiply two binary numbers.
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Booth's multiplication algorithm
Booth's multiplication algorithm is a multiplication algorithm that multiplies two signed binary numbers in two's complement notation.
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Branch (computer science)
A branch is an instruction in a computer program that can cause a computer to begin executing a different instruction sequence and thus deviate from its default behavior of executing instructions in order.
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Branch misprediction
Branch misprediction occurs when a central processing unit (CPU) mispredicts the next instruction to process in branch prediction, which is aimed at speeding up execution.
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Branch predictor
In computer architecture, a branch predictor is a digital circuit that tries to guess which way a branch (e.g. an if–then–else structure) will go before this is known definitively.
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Bus (computing)
In computer architecture, a bus (a contraction of the Latin omnibus) is a communication system that transfers data between components inside a computer, or between computers.
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Byte (magazine)
Byte was an American microcomputer magazine, influential in the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s because of its wide-ranging editorial coverage.
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Chipset
In a computer system, a chipset is a set of electronic components in an integrated circuit known as a "Data Flow Management System" that manages the data flow between the processor, memory and peripherals.
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Circuit design
The process of circuit design can cover systems ranging from complex electronic systems all the way down to the individual transistors within an integrated circuit.
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Computer data storage
Computer data storage, often called storage or memory, is a technology consisting of computer components and recording media that are used to retain digital data.
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Control unit
The control unit (CU) is a component of a computer's central processing unit (CPU) that directs the operation of the processor.
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CPU cache
A CPU cache is a hardware cache used by the central processing unit (CPU) of a computer to reduce the average cost (time or energy) to access data from the main memory.
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Cray
Cray Inc. is an American supercomputer manufacturer headquartered in Seattle, Washington.
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Cray T3D
The T3D (Torus, 3-Dimensional) was Cray Research's first attempt at a massively parallel supercomputer architecture.
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DEC 3000 AXP
DEC 3000 AXP was the name given to a series of computer workstations and servers, produced from 1992 to around 1995 by Digital Equipment Corporation.
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DEC 4000 AXP
The DEC 4000 AXP is a series of departmental server computers developed and manufactured by Digital Equipment Corporation introduced on 10 November 1992.
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DEC 7000/10000 AXP
The DEC 7000 AXP and DEC 10000 AXP are a series of high-end multiprocessor server computers developed and manufactured by Digital Equipment Corporation, introduced on 10 November 1992 (although the DEC 10000 AXP was not available until the following year).
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DEC Alpha
Alpha, originally known as Alpha AXP, is a 64-bit reduced instruction set computing (RISC) instruction set architecture (ISA) developed by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), designed to replace their 32-bit VAX complex instruction set computer (CISC) ISA.
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DEC Multia
The Multia, later re-branded the Universal Desktop Box, was a line of desktop computers introduced by Digital Equipment Corporation on 7 November 1994.
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DECpc AXP 150
The DECpc AXP 150, code-named Jensen, is an entry-level workstation developed and manufactured by Digital Equipment Corporation.
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Digital Equipment Corporation
Digital Equipment Corporation, also known as DEC and using the trademark Digital, was a major American company in the computer industry from the 1950s to the 1990s.
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Dirk Meyer
Derrick R. "Dirk" Meyer (born November 24, 1961) was a former Chief Executive Officer of Advanced Micro Devices, serving in the position from July 18, 2008 to January 10, 2011.
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ECC memory
Error-correcting code memory (ECC memory) is a type of computer data storage that can detect and correct the most common kinds of internal data corruption.
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Electronic News
Electronic News was a publication that covered the electronics industry, from semiconductor equipment and materials to military/aerospace electronics to supercomputers.
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Embedded system
An embedded system is a computer system with a dedicated function within a larger mechanical or electrical system, often with real-time computing constraints.
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Encore Computer
Encore Computer was an early pioneer in the parallel computing market, based in Marlborough, Massachusetts.
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Error correction code
In computing, telecommunication, information theory, and coding theory, an error correction code, sometimes error correcting code, (ECC) is used for controlling errors in data over unreliable or noisy communication channels.
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Firmware
In electronic systems and computing, firmware is a specific class of computer software that provides the low-level control for the device's specific hardware.
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Floating-point unit
A floating-point unit (FPU, colloquially a math coprocessor) is a part of a computer system specially designed to carry out operations on floating point numbers.
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Framebuffer
A framebuffer (frame buffer, or sometimes framestore) is a portion of RAM containing a bitmap that drives a video display.
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Graphics processing unit
A graphics processing unit (GPU) is a specialized electronic circuit designed to rapidly manipulate and alter memory to accelerate the creation of images in a frame buffer intended for output to a display device.
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Heat sink
A heat sink (also commonly spelled heatsink) is a passive heat exchanger that transfers the heat generated by an electronic or a mechanical device to a fluid medium, often air or a liquid coolant, where it is dissipated away from the device, thereby allowing regulation of the device's temperature at optimal levels.
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Heat spreader
A heat spreader is a heat exchanger that moves heat between a heat source and a secondary heat exchanger whose surface area and geometry are more favorable than the source.
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Hudson, Massachusetts
Hudson is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, with a total population of 19,063 as of the 2010 census.
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IBM
The International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States, with operations in over 170 countries.
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IEEE Micro
IEEE Micro is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the IEEE Computer Society covering small systems and semiconductor chips, including integrated circuit processes and practices, project management, development tools and infrastructure, as well as chip design and architecture, empirical evaluations of small system and IC technologies and techniques, and human and social aspects of system development.
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Instruction pipelining
Instruction pipelining is a technique for implementing instruction-level parallelism within a single processor.
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Instruction set architecture
An instruction set architecture (ISA) is an abstract model of a computer.
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International Solid-State Circuits Conference
International Solid-State Circuits Conference is a global forum for presentation of advances in solid-state circuits and Systems-on-a-Chip.
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Kilobyte
The kilobyte is a multiple of the unit byte for digital information.
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Memory bus
The memory bus is the computer bus which connects the main memory to the memory controller in computer systems.
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Memory controller
The memory controller is a digital circuit that manages the flow of data going to and from the computer's main memory.
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Micrometre
The micrometre (International spelling as used by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures; SI symbol: μm) or micrometer (American spelling), also commonly known as a micron, is an SI derived unit of length equaling (SI standard prefix "micro-".
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Microprocessor
A microprocessor is a computer processor that incorporates the functions of a central processing unit on a single integrated circuit (IC), or at most a few integrated circuits.
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Microprocessor Report
Microprocessor Report, is a publication for engineers and other industry professionals on microprocessors.
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Mitsubishi Electric
is a Japanese multinational electronics and electrical equipment manufacturing company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
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Multiplication
Multiplication (often denoted by the cross symbol "×", by a point "⋅", by juxtaposition, or, on computers, by an asterisk "∗") is one of the four elementary mathematical operations of arithmetic; with the others being addition, subtraction and division.
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NetApp
NetApp, Inc. is a hybrid cloud data services company headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.
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NetApp filer
In computer storage, a so called NetApp "filer" was referring to the storage systems product by NetApp, before block protocoles were supported.
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Notebook
A notebook (notepad, writing pad, drawing pad, legal pad) is a small book or binder of paper pages, often ruled, used for purposes such as recording notes or memoranda, writing, drawing or scrapbooking.
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Operating system
An operating system (OS) is system software that manages computer hardware and software resources and provides common services for computer programs.
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Original equipment manufacturer
An Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) is a company that produces parts and equipment that may be marketed by another manufacturer.
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Overclocking
Overclocking is configuration of computer hardware components to operate faster than certified by the original manufacturer, with "faster" specified as clock frequency in megahertz (MHz) or gigahertz (GHz).
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Page (computer memory)
A page, memory page, or virtual page is a fixed-length contiguous block of virtual memory, described by a single entry in the page table.
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Page table
A page table is the data structure used by a virtual memory system in a computer operating system to store the mapping between virtual addresses and physical addresses.
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Parity bit
A parity bit, or check bit, is a bit added to a string of binary code to ensure that the total number of 1-bits in the string is even or odd.
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Personal computer
A personal computer (PC) is a multi-purpose computer whose size, capabilities, and price make it feasible for individual use.
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Phase-locked loop
A phase-locked loop or phase lock loop abbreviated as PLL is a control system that generates an output signal whose phase is related to the phase of an input signal.
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Physical address
In computing, a physical address (also real address, or binary address), is a memory address that is represented in the form of a binary number on the address bus circuitry in order to enable the data bus to access a particular storage cell of main memory, or a register of memory mapped I/O device.
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Pin grid array
A pin grid array, often abbreviated PGA, is a type of integrated circuit packaging.
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POWER2
The POWER2, originally named RIOS2, is a processor designed by IBM that implemented the POWER instruction set architecture.
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Register file
A register file is an array of processor registers in a central processing unit (CPU).
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Second source
In the electronics industry, a second source is a company that is licensed to manufacture and sell components originally designed by another company (the first source).
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Semiconductor fabrication plant
In the microelectronics industry a semiconductor fabrication plant (commonly called a fab; sometimes foundry) is a factory where devices such as integrated circuits are manufactured.
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Server (computing)
In computing, a server is a computer program or a device that provides functionality for other programs or devices, called "clients".
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Sign bit
In computer science, the sign bit is a bit in a signed number representation that indicates the sign of a number.
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Single-board computer
A single-board computer (SBC) is a complete computer built on a single circuit board, with microprocessor(s), memory, input/output (I/O) and other features required of a functional computer.
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South Queensferry
Queensferry, also called South Queensferry or simply "The Ferry", is a town to the west of Edinburgh, Scotland, traditionally a royal burgh of West Lothian.
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Static random-access memory
Static random-access memory (static RAM or SRAM) is a type of semiconductor memory that uses bistable latching circuitry (flip-flop) to store each bit.
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Supercomputer
A supercomputer is a computer with a high level of performance compared to a general-purpose computer.
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Superscalar processor
A superscalar processor is a CPU that implements a form of parallelism called instruction-level parallelism within a single processor.
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Tadpole Computer
Tadpole Computer was a manufacturer of rugged, military specification, UNIX workstations, thin client laptops and lightweight servers.
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Translation lookaside buffer
A translation lookaside buffer (TLB) is a memory cache that is used to reduce the time taken to access a user memory location.
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Uniprocessor system
A uniprocessor system is defined as a computer system that has a single central processing unit that is used to execute computer tasks.
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Video RAM (dual-ported DRAM)
Video RAM, or VRAM, is a dual-ported variant of dynamic RAM (DRAM), which was once commonly used to store the framebuffer in graphics adapters.
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Virtual address space
In computing, a virtual address space (VAS) or address space is the set of ranges of virtual addresses that an operating system makes available to a process.
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Virtual memory
In computing, virtual memory (also virtual storage) is a memory management technique that provides an "idealized abstraction of the storage resources that are actually available on a given machine" which "creates the illusion to users of a very large (main) memory." The computer's operating system, using a combination of hardware and software, maps memory addresses used by a program, called virtual addresses, into physical addresses in computer memory.
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Volt
The volt (symbol: V) is the derived unit for electric potential, electric potential difference (voltage), and electromotive force.
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Windows NT
Windows NT is a family of operating systems produced by Microsoft, the first version of which was released in July 1993.
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Workstation
A workstation is a special computer designed for technical or scientific applications.
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References
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