摘要:

The growth in computing power in recent years, fed by rapid advances in VLSI technology, has tended to mask an increasing shortage of professional personnel and lack of corporate investment in the UK information-technology industry, which in turn could lead to a rapid curtailing of IT growth in the UK. This article examines some of the reasons why the UK's future in IT may not be too secure and proposes how the apparent trends may be reversed.

ISSN:0956-3385    

DOI:10.1049/cce:19900004

出版商:IEE    

年代:1990

数据来源: IET

摘要:

Parallel processing has been an important concern of the computer engineer for many years. It is employed to achieve high performance by replication or a unique function by interconnecting different processes. In each case the engineering problem, of providing the structure to interconnect the processors, is a combination of issues concerning not only the implementation technology but also the needs of the application.

ISSN:0956-3385    

DOI:10.1049/cce:19900005

出版商:IEE    

年代:1990

数据来源: IET

摘要:

The application of computer control technology to aspects of patient care offers the possibility of relieving medical and nursing staff of some routine management tasks which follow well established and test protocols. There are, however, problems of patient sensitivity, non-linearity and variability which need to be overcome by the system designer before closed-loop control can ensure adequate standards of patient safety and improve on current manual control procedures.

ISSN:0956-3385    

DOI:10.1049/cce:19900006

出版商:IEE    

年代:1990

数据来源: IET

摘要:

As a service dedicated to giving reassurance to the public at large, healthcare is a natural case for making the best use of the rapid response offered by computers and communication technology. Indeed, in an increasingly ‘wired’ society, there is a limit to which people will accept a non-wired health service without losing confidence in its ability, or desire, to meet their needs.

ISSN:0956-3385    

DOI:10.1049/cce:19900007

出版商:IEE    

年代:1990

数据来源: IET

摘要:

In this article, an overview is given of some of the more common approaches taken in applying adaptive control. Gain scheduling, model reference control and self-tuning control are all discussed and in each case suggestions are given for further reading.

ISSN:0956-3385    

DOI:10.1049/cce:19900008

出版商:IEE    

年代:1990

数据来源: IET

摘要:

This article reviews the major features of the transputer, highlighting aspects of parallelism that are useful for prototyping (used in the sense of simulation and ‘breadboarding’). From the simulation point of view the parallelism allowed in occam can be exploited with advantage, and the resulting model can be run with efficient execution. Recent experience in the simulation of a very long instruction word computer is reported. If occam and the transputer are to be effective in breadboarding systems then it must be easy to•verify against requirements expressed in different ways•develop, in particular easy to read, debug, update and analyse•interface, particularly to signal channels•map to a permanent implementation.The article discusses how the transputer performs against these requirements and includes recent experience in interfacing and implementation mapping, and concludes that the transputer is an excellent tool for prototyping.

ISSN:0956-3385    

DOI:10.1049/cce:19900010

出版商:IEE    

年代:1990

数据来源: IET

摘要:

Automatic identification technologies are helping industry and commerce around the world to reduce labour costs and stocks, shorten production times, improve customer service and ultimately increase productivity and profits. All this is possible because of the unique ability of these technologies to allow computers to capture data rapidly, accurately and automatically on virtually everything from moving parts to people.

ISSN:0956-3385    

DOI:10.1049/cce:19900012

出版商:IEE    

年代:1990

数据来源: IET