The Automated System Marginer
Before Dell, Compaq was the world’s top personal computer maker, and came to MTSI to help develop four new stations in their personal computer manufacturing and reliability analysis laboratories.
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Barracuda: The Supercomputer Disc Controller
A consortium had defined a new Extended Industry Standard Architecture (EISA) bus computer market. These computers were to be used for high-speed file servers and work stations, and required new disk, tape, and printer controllers.
Powering Parole Monitoring
For decades, law enforcement have supervised parolees with electronic tracking devices embedded in ankle bracelets. MTSI was one of the early designers of the technology.
Automotive Burglar Alarm in 60 Days
A client developing a new-generation automotive burglar alarm for the Ford Taurus was behind schedule. MTSI leveraged its experience in precision and swiftness to bring the project on time and to completion.
How Does DRAM Refresh Itself?
Dynamic random-access memory, or DRAM, is commonplace today in computers which use it to run their programs. Back in the 1970s, Mostek was emerging as the world’s top DRAM manufacturer and developed a circuitry trick called address multiplexing.
Testing the Z80 Chip With a 1970s Beauty
If you used a Z80 chip back in the 1980s, it almost certainly passed through a single room and its Farchild Sentry 610 test system. Mostek had grown into the one’s top producer of DRAM, and every Z80 microprocessor went through tests there.
Optimizing Multi-Video Graphics
A major satellite T.V. company in the U.S. pay-per-view market had a system to provide multi-video graphics services for hotels and hospitals. MTSI engineers conducted a comprehensive study of the entire system, and followed up with the redesign that the company needed.
High-Powered Projection With Laser Beams
There’s nothing like blasting out an image the size of a behemoth to light up a dark room.
Pinspotters: The Bowling Tracker
Every bowling lane needs to know when a player has bowled a strike or sunk the ball into the gutter. The task falls to electronic pin fall detectors. MTSI developed a system to check accuracy and repeatability.
The Casablanca Fan
Long ago, Casablanca Fan Company — an industry leader in luxury ceiling fans — developed an innovative idea to control a ceiling fan and a lamp. With technical support from MTSI, production rapidly expanded.
