Joey - Re: "... direct me to a good reference(s) that would provide information on technological changes in the PC industry in the last 10 years..."
Here is an excellent review of the CPU's that went into the PC industry. Start here and perhaps you can get more info about the machines (PC's) as well.
Of course, the new Intel motto is - "The CPU IS THE COMPUTER".
Paul
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Great Microprocessors of the Past and Present (V 9.4.1)
last update: May 1997
Feel free to send John Bayko comments at: bayko@cs.uregina.ca
Introduction: What's a "Great CPU"?
This list is not intended to be an exhaustive compilation of microprocessors, but rather a description of designs that are
either unique (such as the RCA 1802, Acorn ARM, or INMOS Transputer), or representative designs typical of the period
(such as the 6502 or 8080, 68000, and R2000). Not necessarily the first of their kind, or the best.
A microprocessor generally means a CPU on a single silicon chip, but exceptions have been made (and are documented)
when the CPU includes particularly interesting design ideas, and is generally the result of the microprocessor design
philosophy. However, towards the more modern designs, design from other fields overlap, and this criterion becomes rather
fuzzy. In addition, parts that used to be separate (FPU, MMU) are now usually considered part of the CPU design.
This file is not intended as a reference work, though all attempts (well, many attempts) have been made to ensure its
accuracy. It includes material from text books, magazine articles and papers, authoritative descriptions and half remembered
folklore from obscure sources (and net.people who I'd like to thank for their many helpful comments). As such, it has no
bibliography or list of references.
In other words, "For entertainment use only".
Enjoy, criticize, distribute and quote from this list freely.
By: John Bayko (Tau).
Internet: bayko@cs.uregina.ca
Quick Index (in no particular order):
Processors:
Intel 4004, 4040
Intel 8008, 8080, 8085
Intel 8048, 8051, 8052
Intel 80x86, Pentium, AMD K5/K6, Cyrix M1, Nx586
Intel 80960
Intel 80860
Intel i432
Motorola MC14500B
Motorola 680x, 6809, Hitachi 6309
Motorola 680x0
Motorola 88000
Motorola DSP96002/DSP56000
AMD 2901, 2903 (and 2910)
AMD 9511 math processor
AMD 29000
Zilog Z-80, Z-280
Zilog Z-8000, Z80000
Fairchild F8
Fairchild 9440
Fairchild/Intergraph Clipper
National Semiconductor SC/MP (and COP)
National Semiconductor 320xx, Swordfish
TI 9900
TI TMS320Cx0
MIPS/SGI CPUs
MOS Technologies 650x, Western Design Center 65816
Microchip Technology PIC 16x/Signetics 8x300
RCA 1802
Ferranti F100-L
Western Digital MCP-1600
Signetics 2650
Siemens 80C166
MISC M17
Rekursiv
AT&T CRISP/Hobbit
INMOS Transputer T-212, T-414, T-800, T-9000
Architectures:
PDP-8/Intersil 6100
PDP-11
Data General NOVA/MN601, Eclipse
IBM/Motorola POWER/PowerPC
IBM 801, ROMP
IBM System/360/370/390
TRON
Hitachi SuperH
SPARC
HP PA-RISC
ARM
Patriot Scientific ShBoom
DEC VAX
DEC Alpha
CDC 6600/7600
Berkeley RISC
Virtual Machines:
Forth
UCSD p-System Pascal
Java Virtual Machine
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