Abstract
Advancing technology and declining costs have led to a sharp increase in the number and variety of small computers in use. Because small computers are readily suited for many real-time applications, a great deal of work has been directed toward simplifying the interface between the computer and its peripherals. Hardware interrupting capability and a specially designed I/O bus are required for peripheral device interfacing in a real-time environment and such things as direct memory access, data channels, and multilevel hardware and software interrupt capability are common. These machines tend to be parallel, synchronous computers with a relatively simple architecture.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages | 119-127 |
Number of pages | 9 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - May 16 1972 |
Externally published | Yes |
Event | 1972 Spring Joint Computer Conference, AFIPS 1972 - Atlantic City, United States Duration: May 16 1972 → May 18 1972 |
Conference
Conference | 1972 Spring Joint Computer Conference, AFIPS 1972 |
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Country/Territory | United States |
City | Atlantic City |
Period | 5/16/72 → 5/18/72 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Education
- Computer Networks and Communications
- Information Systems
- Software