Evolution of Transistorized CPUs Quiz
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Evolution of Transistorized CPUs Quiz

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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?

  • 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?

  • 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?

    <p>Microprogram (microcode)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which company introduced a computer aimed at the scientific and research markets called the PDP-8?

    <p>DEC</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did the IBM System/360 architecture dominate for decades in the computer market?

    <p>Mainframe computers</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is one advantage of transistor-based computers over their predecessors?

    <p>Increased reliability and lower power consumption</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of processors began to appear during the period of heavy usage of discrete transistor and IC CPUs?

    <p>Single instruction, multiple data (SIMD) vector processors</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term used for CPUs based on 'building block' ICs containing a few dozen transistors?

    <p>Small-scale integration (SSI) devices</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which technology was required to build LSI chips, which are chips with a hundred or more gates?

    <p>Metal–oxide–semiconductor (MOS) semiconductor manufacturing process</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the main advantage of SSI ICs over earlier discrete transistor designs?

    <p>Consumed much less space and power</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who published influential articles in 1967 that described how to build the equivalent of a 32-bit mainframe computer from large-scale integration circuits?

    <p>Lee Boysel</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which company's follow-on to the System/360 used SSI ICs rather than Solid Logic Technology discrete-transistor modules?

    <p>IBM</p> Signup and view all the answers

    'Building block' ICs were generally referred to as what type of devices?

    <p>Small-scale integration (SSI) devices</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was developed during this period that allowed many interconnected transistors to be manufactured on a single semiconductor-based die, or 'chip'?

    <p>Integrated circuit (IC)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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