Accession Number:
ADP003553
Title:
Transportable GPU (General Processor Units) Chip Set Technology for Standard Computer Architectures,
Descriptive Note:
Corporate Author:
TRACOR INC AUSTIN TX TRACOR AEROSPACE GROUP
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Report Date:
1982-11-01
Pagination or Media Count:
21.0
Abstract:
The USAFR-developed GPU Chip Set has been utilized by Tracor to implement both USAF and Navy Standard 16-Bit Airborne Computer Architectures. Both configurations are currently being delivered into DOD full-scale development programs. Leadless Hermetic Chip Carrier packaging has facilitated implementation of both architectures on single 412 x 5 substractes. The CMOS and CMOSSOS implementations of the GPU Chip Set have allowed both CPU implementations to use less than 3 watts of power each. Recent efforts by Tracor for USAF have included the definition of a next-generation GPU Chip Set that will retain the application-proven architecture of the current chip set while offering the added cost advantages of transportability across ISO-CMOS and CMOSSOS processes and across numerous semiconductor manufactures using a newly-defined set of common design rules. The Enhanced GPU Chip Set will increase speed by an approximate factor of 3 while significantly reducing chip counts and costs of standard CPU implementations. Author