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Word: computerizes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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SRSU Coach Dick Hunker is modest about his team's expectations. "We felt this would be a building year after losing three starters, including two All-Americans last year," Hunker said. Hunker has been coaching the Rockets for 18 years, but he doubles as chair of the Computer Science Department...

Author: By Chris Thorne, | Title: Aquawomen Host Eastern Tourney | 4/29/1988 | See Source »

Of all the announcements, none has generated as much anticipation as the one to be made this week by Motorola, the largest U.S. supplier of semiconductors (1987 sales: $6.7 billion). The electronics giant has etched 1.7 million transistors into a three-chip microprocessor called the 88000 that it hopes will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Technology: The Next Major Battleground | 4/25/1988 | See Source »

How do the new chips achieve their performance breakthroughs? In a word: RISC, for reduced instruction set computer. RISC is not a new technology, but a fresh approach to computing that challenges 25 years of semiconductor design. It focuses on a computer's most basic commands: the instructions that are...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Technology: The Next Major Battleground | 4/25/1988 | See Source »

Over the years, the basic instruction sets grew in length, as miniaturization allowed computer designers to etch more circuits into silicon chips. The most advanced microprocessors began to resemble state-of-the-art calculators that could compute everything from square roots to compound interest at the touch of a button...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Technology: The Next Major Battleground | 4/25/1988 | See Source »

A new breed of lightning- fast silicon chips challenges 25 years of computer design. -- Has the picture phone finally arrived?

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Contents Page | 4/25/1988 | See Source »

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