PC/workstation DBMS provide a set of data management functions in a stand-alone fashion as a single-user system on a personal computer or workstation. There is no real data exchange between a PC/workstation DBMS and other data management systems, remote users, or DBMS at another place. Some PC/workstation DBMS provide limited functions to extract data as a "snapshot" from a remote database to p...

In the radiology workstation design, the race for adding more features is now morphing into an iterative user centric design with the focus on ergonomics and usability. The extent of the list of features for the radiology workstation used to be one of the most significant factors for a Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) vendor’s ability to sell the radiology workstation. Not anym...

Workstation processing power and the number of available workstation application tools have increased dramatically in the last five years. Sophisticated users now find that "real work" can be accomplished on CAD/CAE workstations. In "Conversion of an IC Design Capability from a Mainframe to a Workstation Environment," Dave Palmer and John Wisniewski from Sandia National Laboratories recount the...