FPGA VAX update, now DIY TTL computers
Sridhar Ayengar
ploopster at gmail.com
Wed Nov 9 12:02:26 CST 2005
Paul Koning wrote:
> Allison> After transistors the second evolution in computers was
> Allison> packaging.
>
> True, at least in high end computers. Cray understood packaging -- as
> far back as the CDC 6600 (1964) there is serious magic and serious
> engineering in the packaging.
Indeed.
I used to work for the equipment engineering group that developed the
equipment supporting IBM's multilayer ceramic copper interconnect
packaging manufacturing process. It's an interesting process.
Peace... Sridhar
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