Kronos (computer)

Kronos
DeveloperAcademy of Sciences of the Soviet Union, Siberian branch, Novosibirsk Computing Center, Modular Asynchronous Developable Systems (MARS) project, Kronos Research Group (KRG)
Product familyWirth Lilith
Typeworkstation
Release date1988; 36 years ago (1988)
Availabilitynone
DiscontinuedYes
Operating systemExcelsior
CPU32-bit
Displaymonochrome bitmapped
Marketing targetResearch
Websitekronos.ru

Kronos is a series of 32-bit processor equipped printed circuit board systems,[1] and the workstations based thereon,[1] of a proprietary hardware architecture developed in the mid-1980s in Akademgorodok, a research city in Siberia, by the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union, Siberian branch, Novosibirsk Computing Center, Modular Asynchronous Developable Systems (MARS) project, Kronos Research Group (KRG).[1][2][3]

  1. ^ a b c "Kronos: History of a Project" (in Russian). xTech. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  2. ^ Kuznetsov, D.N.; Nedorya, A.E.; Osipov, A.V.; Tarasov, E.V. (1986). Kotov, V.E. (ed.). "The processor Kronos in a multiprocessor system". Computer Systems and Software (in Russian). Novosibirsk: 13–19.
  3. ^ Wolcott, P.; Goodman, S.E. (September 1988). "High-Speed Computers of the Soviet Union". Computer. 21 (9). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers: 32–41. doi:10.1109/2.14345. S2CID 15721973.