Showing papers in "IEEE Computer in 1981"
TL;DR: Various network topologies and switching strategies are covered here, including interconnection networks for communication among processors and memory modules.
Abstract: Concurrent processing depends on interconnection networks for communication among processors and memory modules. Various network topologies and switching strategies are covered here.
859 citations
PARC1
TL;DR: Integration, extensibility, and ease of modification made Interlisp unique and powerful and will enhance the power of the coming world of personal computing and advanced displays.
Abstract: Integration, extensibility, and ease of modification made Interlisp unique and powerful. Its adaptations will enhance the power of the coming world of personal computing and advanced displays.
347 citations
TL;DR: An inside look at the trade-offs and ideas that went into the design of the FPS array processor family, which gives it its computational speed.
Abstract: Architecture, not hardware, gives the FPS array processor family its computational speed. Here is an inside look at the trade-offs and ideas that went into its design.
227 citations
TL;DR: Computer processes in the analysis of visual motion are similar to those of biological systems and an alliance of psychology and computer science is necessary to understand them.
Abstract: Computer processes in the analysis of visual motion are similar to those of biological systems. An alliance of psychology and computer science is necessary to understand them.
157 citations
TL;DR: In the international search for the optimal image processing computer architecture, image parallelism is the key to cost effectiveness.
Abstract: In the international search for the optimal image processing computer architecture, image parallelism is the key to cost effectiveness.
134 citations
TL;DR: The cube network can support both MIMD and SIMD processing in distributed systems and allows flexible communications in systems like PASM, PUMPS, and the BMD test bed.
Abstract: The cube network can support both MIMD and SIMD processing in distributed systems. It allows flexible communications in systems like PASM, PUMPS, and the BMD test bed.
134 citations
IBM1
TL;DR: OBE's two-dimensional programming brings new flexibility to nonprogramming computer users so they can quickly learn to compose, edit, format, and distribute letters, reports, and graphs.
Abstract: OBE's two-dimensional programming brings new flexibility to nonprogramming computer users. They can quickly learn to compose, edit, format, and distribute letters, reports, and graphs.
128 citations
TL;DR: Integrated pictorial data-base systems need pictorial query languages to enhance their effectiveness and the tabular structures of QPE, IQ, and others are easy to understand and access.
Abstract: Integrated pictorial data-base systems need pictorial query languages to enhance their effectiveness. The tabular structures of QPE, IQ, and others are easy to understand and access.
119 citations
TL;DR: A war between Big Endians and Little Endians can be avoided and a bit from the big end should travel first.
Abstract: Which bit should travel first? The bit from the big end or the bit from the little end? Can a war between Big Endians and Little Endians be avoided?
109 citations
TL;DR: This proposed standard facilitates transportation of numerically oriented programs and encourages development of high-quality numerical software.
Abstract: Offered here for public comment, this proposed standard facilitates transportation of numerically oriented programs and encourages development of high-quality numerical software.
107 citations
TL;DR: This book discusses a variety of pictorial data-base systems used in digital picture processing, including those used in computer-aided design, photojournalism, and image analysis.
Abstract: New applications in digital picture processing—notably in handling geographic data and in computer-aided design—have prompted development of a variety of pictorial data-base systems.
TL;DR: After describing, applying, comparing, and evaluating four major methodologies, this guided tour concludes with an interim procedure for use until the "right" method appears.
Abstract: After describing, applying, comparing, and evaluating four major methodologies, this guided tour concludes with an interim procedure for use until the "right" method appears.
TL;DR: Reducing redundancy in data representation leads to decreased data storage requirements and lower costs for data communication.
Abstract: Reducing redundancy in data representation leads to decreased data storage requirements and lower costs for data communication.
TL;DR: A promising spectrum of low-level approaches to visual motion faces serious obstacles: deficiencies in accuracy and efficiency, limited understanding of interpretation processes, and the correspondence problem.
Abstract: A promising spectrum of low-level approaches to visual motion faces serious obstacles: deficiencies in accuracy and efficiency, limited understanding of interpretation processes, and the correspondence problem.
TL;DR: Adding buffers to a packet switching network can increase throughput in certain system architectures and a word of warning—don't make them too large.
Abstract: Adding buffers to a packet switching network can increase throughput in certain system architectures. A word of warning—don't make them too large.
TL;DR: An examination of the relation between architecture and compiler design leads to several principles which can simplify compilers and improve the object code they produce.
Abstract: An examination of the relation between architecture and compiler design leads to several principles which can simplify compilers and improve the object code they produce.
TL;DR: This tool-independent system cuts down frustration by incorporating many of the communications shortcuts people use naturally.
Abstract: How can interactive systems be made more helpful and responsive? This tool-independent system cuts down frustration by incorporating many of the communications shortcuts people use naturally.
TL;DR: A single-camera algorithmic system can learn from observations of scenes with moving rigid objects to solve the problem of how to model the behaviour of rigid objects.
Abstract: A single-camera algorithmic system can learn from observations of scenes with moving rigid objects.
TL;DR: Since complex Unix tools are built from simple, single-function components, programmers see their work as the creation and use of tools, which encourages growth, not reinvention.
Abstract: Since complex Unix tools are built from simple, single-function components, programmers see their work as the creation and use of tools. This view encourages growth, not reinvention.
TL;DR: The human visual system's ability to extract three-dimensional structure from a two-dimensional source is the key to automatic interpretation of structure from motion.
Abstract: The human visual system's ability to extract three-dimensional structure from a two-dimensional source is the key to automatic interpretation of structure from motion.
TL;DR: A pictorial information system as discussed by the authors is a special type of information system supporting the manipulation, storage, retrieval, and analysis of pictorial data, and it has been used for many applications.
Abstract: A pictorial information system is a special type of information system supporting the manipulation, storage, retrieval, and analysis of pictorial data. In the past, pictorial information systems have usually been designed for specific applications. But recent advances in data base technology, computer graphics, and pictorial data structures have led to the development of more general-purpose systems. This special issue is a survey of several design aspects of these systems.
TL;DR: Progress in this realm of performance measurement has lagged behind advances in the general field of programming languages: careful study of its capabilities and limitations is long overdue.
Abstract: Progress in this realm of performance measurement has lagged behind advances in the general field of programming languages: careful study of its capabilities and limitations is long overdue.
TL;DR: ACVC tests, tools, procedures, and documentation represent a forward-looking, detailed strategy for enforcing conformance to the Ada standard when it really counts—before widespread implementation.
Abstract: ACVC tests, tools, procedures, and documentation represent a forward-looking, detailed strategy for enforcing conformance to the Ada standard when it really counts—before widespread implementation.
TL;DR: Networking techniques allow several processors within a multiprocessing system to cooperate efficiently on a single large problem.
Abstract: Networking techniques allow several processors within a multiprocessing system to cooperate efficiently on a single large problem.
TL;DR: A two-stage strategy, aimed first at understanding the role and characteristics of software environments and then at construction of experimental systems, distinguishes this near-term research plan.
Abstract: A two-stage strategy, aimed first at understanding the role and characteristics of software environments and then at construction of experimental systems, distinguishes this near-term research plan.
TL;DR: Because they ignore stationary scene components, difference pictures provide a simple, robust method for detecting motion in the early stages of dynamic scene analysis.
Abstract: Because they ignore stationary scene components, difference pictures provide a simple, robust method for detecting motion in the early stages of dynamic scene analysis.
TL;DR: Distributed control and circuit switching are the keys to fast access in the many-processor to many-memory-module connection network proposed for the Numerical Aerodynamic Simulator.
Abstract: Distributed control and circuit switching are the keys to fast access in the many-processor to many-memory-module connection network proposed for the Numerical Aerodynamic Simulator.
TL;DR: The Scheme-79 single-chip microcomputer implements an automatic storage allocation system and an interrupt facility to support direct interpretation of a variant of the Scheme dialect of Lisp.
Abstract: The Scheme-79 single-chip microcomputer implements an automatic storage allocation system and an interrupt facility to support direct interpretation of a variant of the Scheme dialect of Lisp.
TL;DR: Spatial data handling systems generally use either topological or grid image data structures, and it makes little sense for these systems to be incompatible.
Abstract: Spatial data handling systems generally use either topological or grid image data structures. It makes little sense for these systems to be incompatible.