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The influence of LSI and VLSI technology on the processor memory and peripheral units of computing machinery is discussed. A view of the digital processing space comprising dedicated real time solutions and problem solving solutions is suggested to describe the two major classes of application of digital processing equipment. It is shown that the early concepts of size, maxi through to micro, is no longer a useful classification due to the continual migration of large machine concepts onto silicon chip implementations. The current and projected developments of high performance processing systems are explained and of their roles in dedicated real-time and problem solving solutions is compared and contrasted.
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Dagless, E.L. (1981). Application of Micro, Mini and Maxi Processors. In: Bjørnø, L. (eds) Underwater Acoustics and Signal Processing. NATO Advanced Study Institutes Series, vol 66. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-8447-9_52
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