Artifact Details

Title

The design and development of SPARC

Catalog Number

102624673

Type

Moving image

Description

From University Video Communications' catalog:

"Wayne Rosing opens the presentation with a background of the business environment during the development and introduction of SPARC. David Patterson continues with a technical discussion of the principles of RISC design and interesting features of SPARC architecture, closing with a historical perspective and thoughts on future directions. He shows us three SPARC boards running at three clock rates which progressively take much more power and board area"

Date

1989-07

Credits

Patterson, David A.; Rosing, Wayne

Publisher

University Video Communications

Duration

01:02:07

Format

1" magnetic tape

Copyright Holder

Computer History Museum

Category

Lecture

Collection Title

University Video Communications lectures

Series Title

Distinguished Lecture Series : Legends and Visions

Credit

Gift of University Video Communications

Lot Number

X6636.2013