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ACM SIGOPS Operating Systems Review archive
Volume 25 , Issue 4 (October 1991) table of contents

Pages: 14 - 21

Year of Publication: 1991

ISSN:0163-5980

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Mark Hayter	University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory
Derek McAuley	University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory

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ACM New York, NY, USA

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ABSTRACT

A novel architecture for use within an end computing system is described. This attempts to extend the concepts used in modern high speed networks into computer system design. A multimedia workstation is being built based on this concept to evaluate the approach.

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