Recent Improvements in the SDP-3 Computer
| dc.contributor.author | Cliff, R. A. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-04-22T17:11:47Z | en |
| dc.date.available | 2016-04-22T17:11:47Z | en |
| dc.date.issued | 1969-09 | en |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0884-5123 | en |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0074-9079 | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10150/606661 | en |
| dc.description | International Telemetering Conference Proceedings / September 15-17, 1969 / Sheraton Park Hotel, Washington, D.C. | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | The SDP-3 is a small serial computer which will be flown as an engineering experiment on the IMP-I (eye) spacecraft. In this application it will handle data acquisition for four of the scientific experiments. Modifications to the SDP-3 which improve its operation with little change in hardware complexity include: (1) permitting full-word indirect addressing in user mode for all instructions which do not modify the contents of memory, (2) extending output channel capability to cover all of memory, (3) a new subroutine linkage instruction, (4) a conditional skip on memory zero instruction, (5) byte oriented instructions, and (6) improved index register manipulation instructions. The use of 8-bit MSI shift registers produces a significant hardware and power saving at the expense of deleting all left-shifting instructions. Further hardware savings are realized with a special multiplication instruction which allows the MQ register to be deleted. As a result of these, and other, modifications the power dissipation of the SDP-3 has been decreased by 2/3 watt and the number of IC's by 260 while in most respects operation has either been unchanged or improved. | |
| dc.description.sponsorship | International Foundation for Telemetering | en |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en |
| dc.publisher | International Foundation for Telemetering | en |
| dc.relation.url | http://www.telemetry.org/ | en |
| dc.rights | Copyright © International Foundation for Telemetering | en |
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| dc.title | Recent Improvements in the SDP-3 Computer | en_US |
| dc.type | text | en |
| dc.type | Proceedings | en |
| dc.contributor.department | Goddard Space Flight Center | en |
| dc.identifier.journal | International Telemetering Conference Proceedings | en |
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| refterms.dateFOA | 2018-04-26T18:44:33Z | |
| html.description.abstract | The SDP-3 is a small serial computer which will be flown as an engineering experiment on the IMP-I (eye) spacecraft. In this application it will handle data acquisition for four of the scientific experiments. Modifications to the SDP-3 which improve its operation with little change in hardware complexity include: (1) permitting full-word indirect addressing in user mode for all instructions which do not modify the contents of memory, (2) extending output channel capability to cover all of memory, (3) a new subroutine linkage instruction, (4) a conditional skip on memory zero instruction, (5) byte oriented instructions, and (6) improved index register manipulation instructions. The use of 8-bit MSI shift registers produces a significant hardware and power saving at the expense of deleting all left-shifting instructions. Further hardware savings are realized with a special multiplication instruction which allows the MQ register to be deleted. As a result of these, and other, modifications the power dissipation of the SDP-3 has been decreased by 2/3 watt and the number of IC's by 260 while in most respects operation has either been unchanged or improved. |
