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Both, the overall and the detailed design of digital computers are to a large extent trial and error processes. One frequently starts with a tentative design, fills in details and critically evaluates the result. Normally, it is then necessary to go back in order to modify and improve the original concept, or to remove inconsistencies. This iterative process is typical for any systems design and can become rather complex since many economic, operational, and engineering considerations enter into it. Since it is quite impossible to provide generally applicable rules or guidelines, we shall restrict ourselves to indications of the complexity of the problem, indications of the range of the design parameters, and a discussion of the interdependence of the main characteristics. Furthermore, we shall pose questions to which no generally applicable answers exist, but to which answers consistent with given specific circumstances have to be found. In many instances, by necessity, only an over-all trend is indicated, and it is left to the reader to see the implications for a particular case. In other instances, it becomes more valuable to consider specific circumstances. Here then, the reader has to generalize to cover other situations.
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Gschwind, H.W. (1967). Miscellaneous Engineering and Design Considerations. In: Design of Digital Computers. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-3369-9_10
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