Communications of the ACM articles from June 1994

Communications of the ACM archives from June 1994

Editorial pointers.
June 1, 1994... As the first products driven by the new PowerPC chip enjoyed auspicious debuts last March, industry observers were hot to predict its eventual place in the Intel-dominated market. The chip, born of an alliance between Motorola, IBM and Apple,...

Newstrack.
June 1, 1994... CLASH OF TITANS...Although the Clinton administration has been enthusiastic about promoting technology, in a number of cases it seems to be picking fights with the very companies that want to help build the information highway. The president...

Forum. (Letter to the Editor)
June 1, 1994... After reading Peter Neumann's April column, "Risks of Passwords" (p. 126), I could not avoid expressing a view that seems to get no consideration when the issue of security arises. Security has become a growth industry, with much pressure...

The politicizing of science policy.
June 1, 1994... Early spring in Washington brings the beginning of the perennial budget battles and, in what has lately become an accompanying ritual in the science policy community, a debate over why, for what, and how much the federal government should spend...

Israel: of swords and software plowshares. (growth of computer software industry in Israel) (includes related article on method of research for article)
June 1, 1994... In July 1947, the Advisory Committee of the Applied Mathematics Department of the Weitzmann Institute, consisting of Albert Einstein, Hans Kramer, Robert Oppenheimer, John von Neumann and Abram Pais, recommended that the Institute build an...

The making of the PowerPC. (Cover Story)
June 1, 1994... It's not every day that three world technology leaders join together to define a new standard in computing architecture. But that's exactly what Apple, IBM, and Motorola have done since combining forces in the PowerPC alliance. At the...

The PowerPC alliance. (IBM, Apple, Motorola) (The Making of the PowerPC) (Cover Story)
June 1, 1994... In September 1991, IBM, Apple and Motorola announced a broad alliance to jointly pursue the development of some of the following emerging technologies. The alliance included five principle initiatives: * Object-oriented technology. Apple...

History of the PowerPC architecture. (The Making of the PowerPC) (Cover Story)
June 1, 1994... Approximately three years ago Apple, IBM, and Motorola decided to adopt a common RISC architecture on which to base their future hardware and software systems. The three companies believed the technical advantages of RISC were sufficiently...

The PowerPC 603 microprocessor. (The Making of the PowerPC) (Cover Story)
June 1, 1994... In October 1993, Motorola and IBM unveiled the first low-power version of the PowerPC family--the PowerPC 603 microprocessor. Measuring a mere [85mm.sup.2] (7.4 x 11.5 mm) in size, the 603 contains 1.6 million transistors and consumes less than...

PowerPC 603 microprocessor; power management. (The Making of the PowerPC) (Cover Story)
June 1, 1994... Addressing the need for long battery life in portable applications and environmental concerns about energy consumption requires microprocessors with low power consumption as well as high performance. A primary design goal of the PowerPC 603...

The PowerPC; performance modeling methodology. (The Making of the PowerPC) (Cover Story)
June 1, 1994... The PowerPC performance modeling was based on trace-driven simulation, where the microprocessor organization is specified as a model, benchmark traces are generated and applied to the model, and performance data is measured and analyzed. In...

A modular approach to Motorola PowerPC compilers. (The Making of the PowerPC) (Cover Story)
June 1, 1994... The need for balance between software and hardware is a well-known principle of RISC microprocessor design methodologies. In order to achieve a high level of performance, RISC microprocessors are designed to allow compilers to take full...

An overview of Motorola's PowerPC simulator family. (The Making of the PowerPC) (Cover Story)
June 1, 1994... The successful introduction of a new computer architecture into the marketplace requires that both software and hardware be available simultaneously at the time of system introduction. Moreover, there is substantial need for software tool...

Lessons from a restricted Turing test. (artificial intelligence in computers)
June 1, 1994... The English logician and mathematician Alan Turing, in an attempt to develop a working definition of intelligence free of the difficulties and philosophical pitfalls of defining exactly what constitutes the mental process of intelligent...

In response. (Hugh Loebner on the Turing test and artificial intelligence) (includes related article on algorithmic intelligence)
June 1, 1994... Shieber proposes to tell me how I should spend my money. He suggests alternative prizes for my "largess." In my letter of December 30, 1988 to Robert Epstein, wherein I authorized Epstein to move forward with the contest, and referring to the...

On Loebner's lessons. (Stuart Shieber's response to Hugh Loebner)
June 1, 1994... How Loebner spends his money in his private life is his own business. But when he spends it in a public way, when he leverages it with the scarce resources of public funding agencies like the National Science Foundation and private foundations...

Accredited programs in computing.
June 1, 1994... There are two agencies recognized by the Commission on Recognition of Postsecondary Accreditation and the U.S. Secretary of Education to accredit programs in the computing field. The Computer Science Accreditation Commission (CSAC) of the...

Technical correspondence. (Letter to the Editor)
June 1, 1994... Jean-Francois Colonna's technical correspondence (Aug. 1993, p. 15) on the subjectivity of computers is written from a point of view that ignores issues of primary importance in deterministic nonlinear dynamics, chaos theory, and modeling and...

Calendar of events. (June through April 1994) (includes index of indexers)
June 1, 1994... ACM's calendar policy is to list open computer science meetings that are sponsored by ACM, sister societies, or other scientific, technical or educational tax-exempt organizations. Educational seminars, institutes, and courses are not included...

Professional activities.
June 1, 1994... The following courses, tutorials, seminars and recruitment events are sponsored or offered in cooperation with ACM. Please contact the companies, SIG Conferences or ACM Chapters for details. Technology Exchange Company (TEC) Courses (in...

Calls for papers.
June 1, 1994... June 15* 3WPC: 3rd Workshop on Program Comprehension Washington, D.C. Nov. 14-15, 1994. Submit 5 copies (5000 words max.) to Spencer Rugaber, College of Computing, Georgia Inst. of Techn., Atlanta, GA 30332-0280, USA; tel.: (404)...

Career opportunities.
June 1, 1994... Adelphi University Adelphi University is seeking tenure-track faculty to participate in the development of a Computational Science program. Ph.D. in Computer Science required. Send vita to: David Lubell, Chair Dept. of Mathematics...

Risks on the information superhighway. (Inside Risks) (Column)
June 1, 1994... The continually evolving National Information Infrastructure (NII) [2] and its global counterpart Worldwide Information Infrastructure (WII) have wondrous potentials for beneficial uses. This month we consider some of the potential risks. ...