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What technology facilitated the building of smaller and more reliable electronic devices, leading to improved CPU design complexity?
What technology facilitated the building of smaller and more reliable electronic devices, leading to improved CPU design complexity?
- Printed circuit boards
- Relays
- Transistors (correct)
- Vacuum tubes
Before the advent of transistors, what were CPUs built out of?
Before the advent of transistors, what were CPUs built out of?
- Transistors and printed circuit boards
- Bulky and fragile switching elements
- Vacuum tubes and relays (correct)
- Microprograms and microcode
Which company introduced the IBM System/360 computer architecture in 1964?
Which company introduced the IBM System/360 computer architecture in 1964?
- Intel
- IBM (correct)
- DEC
- Digital Equipment Corporation
What concept, still widely used in modern CPUs, did IBM use in the System/360 architecture to facilitate compatibility and performance improvements?
What concept, still widely used in modern CPUs, did IBM use in the System/360 architecture to facilitate compatibility and performance improvements?
Which company introduced a computer aimed at the scientific and research markets called the PDP-8?
Which company introduced a computer aimed at the scientific and research markets called the PDP-8?
What did the IBM System/360 architecture dominate for decades in the computer market?
What did the IBM System/360 architecture dominate for decades in the computer market?
What is one advantage of transistor-based computers over their predecessors?
What is one advantage of transistor-based computers over their predecessors?
What type of processors began to appear during the period of heavy usage of discrete transistor and IC CPUs?
What type of processors began to appear during the period of heavy usage of discrete transistor and IC CPUs?
What is the term used for CPUs based on 'building block' ICs containing a few dozen transistors?
What is the term used for CPUs based on 'building block' ICs containing a few dozen transistors?
Which technology was required to build LSI chips, which are chips with a hundred or more gates?
Which technology was required to build LSI chips, which are chips with a hundred or more gates?
What was the main advantage of SSI ICs over earlier discrete transistor designs?
What was the main advantage of SSI ICs over earlier discrete transistor designs?
Who published influential articles in 1967 that described how to build the equivalent of a 32-bit mainframe computer from large-scale integration circuits?
Who published influential articles in 1967 that described how to build the equivalent of a 32-bit mainframe computer from large-scale integration circuits?
Which company's follow-on to the System/360 used SSI ICs rather than Solid Logic Technology discrete-transistor modules?
Which company's follow-on to the System/360 used SSI ICs rather than Solid Logic Technology discrete-transistor modules?
'Building block' ICs were generally referred to as what type of devices?
'Building block' ICs were generally referred to as what type of devices?
What was developed during this period that allowed many interconnected transistors to be manufactured on a single semiconductor-based die, or 'chip'?
What was developed during this period that allowed many interconnected transistors to be manufactured on a single semiconductor-based die, or 'chip'?
