Computer Architecture's Changing Role in Rebooting Computing

DeBenedictis, Erik P.

doi:10.1109/mc.2017.99

Title: Computer Architecture's Changing Role in Rebooting Computing

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In this paper, Windows 95 started the Wintel era, in which Microsoft Windows running on Intel x86 microprocessors dominated the computer industry and changed the world. Retaining the x86 instruction set across many generations let users buy new and more capable microprocessors without having to buy software to work with new architectures.

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DeBenedictis, Erik P. ^[1]

Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

Publication Date:: Wed Apr 26 00:00:00 EDT 2017

Research Org.:: Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

OSTI Identifier:: 1389591

Report Number(s):: SAND-2017-9063J
Journal ID: ISSN 0018-9162; 656495

Grant/Contract Number:: AC04-94AL85000

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Computer

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 50; Journal Issue: 4; Journal ID: ISSN 0018-9162

Publisher:: IEEE

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 97 MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTING; rebooting computing; computer architecture; John von Neumann; hardware

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  title        = {Computer Architecture's Changing Role in Rebooting Computing},

  author       = {DeBenedictis, Erik P.},

  abstractNote = {In this paper, Windows 95 started the Wintel era, in which Microsoft Windows running on Intel x86 microprocessors dominated the computer industry and changed the world. Retaining the x86 instruction set across many generations let users buy new and more capable microprocessors without having to buy software to work with new architectures.},

  doi          = {10.1109/mc.2017.99},

  journal      = {Computer},

  number       = 4,

  volume       = 50,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Wed Apr 26 00:00:00 EDT 2017},

  month        = {Wed Apr 26 00:00:00 EDT 2017}

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