Showing papers on "IBM PC compatible published in 1983"
TL;DR: In this article, the performance of different computer systems while solving dense systems of linear equations using the LINPACK software in a Fortran environment is compared, and about 100 computers, ranging from a CRAY X-MP to the 68000 based systems such as the Apollo and SUN Workstations to IBM PC's, are compared.
Abstract: This note compares the performance of different computer systems while solving dense systems of linear equations using the LINPACK software in a Fortran environment. About 100 computers, ranging from a CRAY X-MP to the 68000 based systems such as the Apollo and SUN Workstations to IBM PC's, are compared.
37 citations
TL;DR: Solid modeling on an IBM PC?
Abstract: Solid modeling on an IBM PC? One exhibitor at NCGA '83?the National Computer Graphics Association's Fourth Annual Conference and Exposition held June 26-30 in Chicago?claimed such capability, while several other vendors demonstrated more conventional 2-D drafting capabilities on the PC. At each summer's round of graphics conferences, certain developments mark the latest direction of the industry. This year, the IBM PC-based systems indicate that graphics manufacturers are turning to a mostly untapped market?low-end CAD.
36 citations
07 Dec 1983
TL;DR: Several floating-point compute-intensive benchmark programs which have been run on the IBM PC, and when coded in FORTH, can approach the NDP maximum compute rate of 0.05 Mflops.
Abstract: In the last 20 years there has been nearly a six-order-of-magnitude increase in computing power, and it is predicted that another five-to-six-orders-of-magnitude increase will occur by the year 2000 [1]. Although supercomputers such as the Cray-1 and Cyber 205 can perform certain vector operations with burst rates of up to 100 million floating-point operations per second (Mflops) [2], it is remarkable that a popular and affordable personal computer is only three-orders-of-magnitude slower. Indeed, with suitable software, the IBM Personal Computer (PC) represents a significant advance in usable memory size and floating-point computing power when compared with previous popular microcomputers.It is purpose of this paper to discuss several floating-point compute-intensive benchmark programs which have been run on the IBM PC. These programs utilize the Intel 8087 Numeric Data Processor (NDP), and when coded in FORTH, can approach the NDP maximum compute rate of 0.05 Mflops.
TL;DR: In this paper, an IBM PC was configured and programmed to control a far-infrared Fourier transform spectrometer and a foreground/background system permitted a variety of data analysis and file handling functions to be carried out while data collection was underway.
Abstract: An IBM PC was configured and programmed to control a far-infrared Fourier transform spectrometer. A foreground/background system permitted a variety of data analysis and file handling functions to be carried out while data collection was underway.