• DocumentCode
    1000321
  • Title

    Compcon Spring Wrap-Up

  • Author

    Myers, Will

  • Volume
    11
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    1978
  • fDate
    4/1/1978 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    78
  • Lastpage
    85
  • Abstract
    Despite the current widespread preoccupation with microcomputers and small-scale, low-cost computing, there are certain kinds of scientific problems that appear to be solvable only through large computers. This, according to Seymour Cray of Cray Research, Inc., is the chief answer to the rhetorical question posed by the title of his COMPCON Spring 78 keynote speech, "Why Bother With Large Computers?"
  • Keywords
    Application software; Computer aided instruction; Computer industry; Costs; Delay; Integrated circuit technology; Microprocessors; Sampling methods; Silicon; Springs;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Computer
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9162
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/C-M.1978.218144
  • Filename
    1646919