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BYTE magazine, April 1980, page 115. NEW HIGH-SPEED COMMUNICATIONS BUS: Xerox Corporation recently made a public announcement of a new concept of processor-to-
by DannyB2 9y ago
BYTE magazine, April 1980, page 115.
NEW HIGH-SPEED COMMUNICATIONS BUS: Xerox Corporation recently made a public announcement of a new concept of processor-to-processor communications intended for an office environment. This novel concept is called "Ethernet", and is a result of some of the work being done in their research labs. In this concept, a single coaxial cable is used as a high-speed communications bus between all processors; communication protocol is handled through software or software supplemented by special-purpose hardware. Rumor has it that an Ethernet processor is now being developed by some form of joint arrangement between Xerox and Intel.
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- ghostly_s 9y agoI've never considered networking as "processor-to-processor communications" before. Kind of an interesting angle.
- teh_klev 9y agoThe usage likely originates from the use of the word "processor" to mean a whole machine that does some kind of "processing", kinda like the IMP's (Interface Message Processor) on the early ARPANET. These days "processor" usually means a more narrow definition, i.e. just the CPU, rather than a whole machine.
- DannyB2 9y agoAh, but once upon a time, Long ago, in a galaxy far, far away, CPU meant a large metal enclosure with circuit boards, main memory, power supplies and cooling. Oh, and blinking lights. Don't forget the blinking lights like REAL computers on TV.