Consideration For Minicomputer Applications To Large Optical Design Programs

Robert A. Arnold; Raul E. Casas; John W. Figoski

doi:10.1117/12.959065

16 September 1980 Consideration For Minicomputer Applications To Large Optical Design Programs

Robert A. Arnold, Raul E. Casas, John W. Figoski

Proceedings Volume 0237, 1980 International Lens Design Conference; (1980) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.959065
Event: 1980 International Lens Design Conference, 1980, Oakland, United States

Abstract

Historically, the practice of lens design predates the electronic computer. As a result, in the early days of the computer, the lens design application presented a computational workload that strained the available computers. As the computers gained speed and capacity, the computation appetite of the lens design application similarly increased, up to a point. Eventually, the power of the computer evolved far beyond the needs of lens design. The task has changed from obtaining time on the most powerful computer available to selecting the most appropriate computer from a vast list of candidates.

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Robert A. Arnold, Raul E. Casas, and John W. Figoski "Consideration For Minicomputer Applications To Large Optical Design Programs", Proc. SPIE 0237, 1980 International Lens Design Conference, (16 September 1980); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.959065

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