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Semiconductor technology is providing tremendous opportunities for high processing power, reliable, and low-cost computers in the office or lab. Many of these computers, spanning the range from personal computers to super-mini’s, are based on commercially available microprocessor family components. The high-end microprocessors available today commonly support virtual memory and main memory cache. Complementing these devices are a full array of high-performance dedicated processors (e.g. graphics controllers and numerical coprocessors) and communication components. A very sophisticated machine can be constructed almost entirely from off-the-shelf components. It appears that semiconductor designers have just begun to tap the well of possibilities, promising more performance and function in future chips.
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Birmingham, W.P., Gupta, A.P., Siewiorek, D.P. (1991). MICON: Automated Design of Computer Systems. In: Camposano, R., Wolf, W. (eds) High-Level VLSI Synthesis. The Springer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science, vol 136. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3966-7_5
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