Scientific/Engineering Work Stations: A Market Survey.
Abstract
The David Taylor Naval Ship R&D Center (DTNSRDC), along with the white-collar segment of American business, is confronted with flat or declining productivity in the office, rising personnel costs, personnel ceilings and reductions, and a shortage of skilled workers, especially within the technical and scientific areas. Spurred by the development of powerful microprocessors and new software, designers of advanced intelligent workstations are developing a new class tool for technical personnel. These workstations are growing as tools to increase the productivity of scientists, engineers and managers. Five aspects go into making an efficient, productive workstation. These aspects are a flexible processor, general purpose and application oriented software, sophisticated graphics, local area network communications, and data base management. This report documents the results of a market survey to identify systems that can potentially meet the requirements for engineering workstations. Additionally, workstation application requirements for some of the Center's departments are discussed. System requirements are discussed and are presented as a functional description. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 01, 1983
- Accession Number
- ADA129394
Entities
People
- David W Taylor
- James R. Carlberg