Title :
Low-cost microcomputing: The personal computer and single-board computer revolutions
Author_Institution :
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA
Abstract :
Personal computing is one of the most revolutionary applications of microprocessors; single-board computing is another. The origins of both applications are traced and current products and services described in a tutorial fashion. Trends are forecasted and conclusions drawn about these two low-cost computing revolutions.
Keywords :
Application software; Calculators; Central Processing Unit; Consumer electronics; Costs; Microcomputers; Pervasive computing; Physics computing; Random access memory; Telemetry;
Journal_Title :
Proceedings of the IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/PROC.1978.10862
