S/390 CMOS server I/O: The continuing evolution

IBM Journal of Research and Development

Volumn 41, Issue 4-5, 1997, Pages 449-462

  Gregg, T A ^a,b,c  

^a IBM   (United States)

^b S/390 System Design Group   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; INTERCONNECTION NETWORKS; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); MAGNETIC DISK STORAGE;

PERIPHERAL COMPONENT INTERCONNECT (PCI);

INPUT OUTPUT PROGRAMS;

EID: 0031175710     PISSN: 00188646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1147/rd.414.0449     Document Type: Article

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