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Parallel computer bus introduced by IBM in 1987
Micro Channel architecture, or the Micro Channel bus, is a proprietary 16- or 32-bit parallel computer bus publicly introduced by IBM in 1987, which was used on PS/2 and other computers until the mid-1990s. Its name is commonly abbreviated as "MCA", although not by IBM. In IBM products, it superseded the ISA bus and was itself superseded by the PCI bus architecture. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Micro Channel architectureA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: TC-thermal: A novel hybrid transformer-CNN architecture enhancing thermal flow reconstruction at fluid-solid interface for micro-channel heat sinkInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: The Micro Channel architecture handbookThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Micro-structuration of a sol-gel architecture for channel waveguide / diffraction grating couplingCited 4 times
- Go sideways: Extended Industry Standard ArchitectureA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Industry Standard ArchitectureA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Micro-structuration of a sol-gel architecture for channel waveguide / diffraction grating coupling
Low Latency NoC Router Micro Architecture using Dynamic Virtual Channel Organization
🆕 Influential since 2022
📚 Books worth reading
The Micro Channel architecture handbookChet Heath · 1990
Micro channel architecturePat A. Bowlds · 1991
The Road To Microservice ArchitectureRaymond Pairan
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
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