ENG UN s , i' - ,. .,* A ENGINEERING HANDBOOK SERIES c Y V ENGINEER'S ORIENTATION MANUAL JANUARY. 1980 COMPANY CONFIDENTIAL 2nd Edition, January 1980 The drawings and specifications herein are the property of Digital Equipment Corporation and shall not be reproduced or copied or used in whole or in part as the basis for the manufacture or sale of equipment described herein without written permission. Copyright Q 1980 by Digital Equipment Corporation The material in this manual is for informational purposes and is subject to change without notice. Digital Equipment Corporation assumes no re- sponsibility for any errors which may appear in this manual. Printed in U.S.A. This document was set on DIGITAL'S DECset-8000 computerized typesetting system. The following are trademarks of Digital Equipment Corporation, Maynard, Massachusetts: DIGITAL DECsystem- 10 MASSBUS DEC DECSYSTEM-20 OMNIBUS PDP DIBOL OS/8 DECUS EDUSYSTEM RSTS UNIBUS VAX RSX VMS IAS CONTENTS Preface .............................................................................................................................................. ix Foreword ........................................................................................................................................... x Section 1 CORPORATE OVERVIEW 1.0 SCOPE ................................................................................................................................... 1 2.0 INTRODUCTION - KEN OLSEN ....................................................................................... 1 3.0 FACTS ABOUT DIGITAL .................................................................................................... 4 4.0 DIGITAL PHILOSOPHY ..................................................................................................... 6 5.0 DIGITAL STRUCTURE ....................................................................................................... 8 5.1 ENGINEERING........................................................................................................ 8 5.2 PRODUCT LINES ..................................................................................................... 8 5.3 MANUFACTURING .............................................................................................. 11 5.4 SALES ...................................................................................................................... I1 5.5 CUSTOMER SERVICES ......................................................................................... 11 Section 2 FUNDING FOR PLANNED AND UNPLANNED PROJECTS 1.0 PLANNED PROJECTS ....................................................................................................... 12 2.0 UNPLANNED PROJECTS ................................................................................................. 13 Section 3 LIFE OF A HARDWARE PROJECT 1.0 SCOPE ................................................................................................................................. 15 2.0 RESPONSIBILITIES ........................................................................................................... 15 3.0 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................... 16 3.1 PLANNING (WHAT TO BUILD) ...........................................................................16 3.2 DESIGN (HOW TO BUILD IT) ............................................................................... 19 3.3 PROTOTYPE EVALUATION ................................................................................ 21 3.4 PRODUCT DOCUMENTATION ...........................................................................22 3.5 REQUIREMENTS FOR TESTING ........................................................................ 24 3.6 MANUFACTURING ..............................................................................................25 3.7 PRODUCT ANNOUNCEMENT AND FIRST CUSTOMER SHIP CRITERIA...................................................................................................... 26 3.8 VOLUME SHIPMENT ............................................................................................ 27 3.9 PRODUCT RETIREMENT ....................................................................................27 Section 4 LIFE OF A SOFI'WARE PROJECT 1.0 SCOPE ................................................................................................................................. 28 2.0 GENECRAL INFORMATION ............................................................................................. 28 3.0 SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS .........................................................................30 4.0 THE PHASE REVIEW PROCESS ....................................................................................... 32 Section 5 OFFICE OF DEVELOPMENT/ENGINEERING 1.0 COMPUTER SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT ........................................................................ 38 1.1 PLANNING AND PRODUCT MANAGEMENT .................................................. 38 1.2 LSI (LARGE SCALE INTEGRATION) DEVELOPMENT .................................... 38 1.3 ADVANCED LSI ARCHITECTURE .....................................................................38 CONTENTS (Cont'd) 1.4 TERMINALS ........................................................................................................... 39 1.4.1 Terminals Technical Integration .................................................................... 39 1.4.2 Hard Copy Terminals .................................................................................... 39 1.4.3 Video Development ....................................................................................... 39 1.5 SMALL HARDWARE SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT ............................................40 1.5.1 PDP-1 1 Systems Development ....................................................................... 40 1.5.2 PDP-8 Systems Development ......................................................................... 40 1 S.3 Mechanical Design/Advanced Development ................................................. 40 1S.4 Advanced Development ................................................................................. 41 1S.5 Small Systems Diagnostic Engineering ........................................................... 41 2.0 SOFTWARE ENGINEERING .............................................................................................. 41 REAL-TIME/COMPUTATIONAL (RT/C) SOFTWARE SYSTEMS ...................41 2.1.1 Base Systems Quality Management ................................................................ 42 2.1.2 Software Products Management .................................................................... 42 2.1.3 Small Base Systems Software ......................................................................... 42 2.1.4 VAX/VMS Systems Development ................................................................. 42 2.1.5 RSX Systems Development ...........................................................................43 COMMERCIAL ENGINEERING ..........................................................................43 2.2.1 Software Quality Management ...................................................................... 43 2.2.2 Commercial Systems and Information Management ......................................44 2.2.3 Commercial Application Systems .................................................................. 44 2.2.4 Commercial Hardware Systems Engineering ..................................................45 2.2.4.1 Diagnostic Engineering - Merrimack .............................................. 45 10120 SYSTEMS AND CORPORATE LANGUAGES ...........................................45 2.3.1 Technical Languages ..................................................................................... 45 2.3.2 Commercial Languages ................................................................................-45 2.3.3 10120 Systems Software .................................................................................46 2.3.4 Software Quality Management ......................................................................46 SOFTWARE PUBLICATIONS ............................................................................... 47 APPLICATIONS SYSTEMS GROUP .....................................................................47 SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE AND TOOLS ......................................................48 2.6.1 Base Systems, Architecture, and Interface Management .................................48 2.6.2 Hardware/Software Coordination .................................................................48 2.6.3 Software Methods and Tools ......................................................................... 48 3.0 TECHNICAL OPERATIONS ..............................................................................................49 3.1 POWER AND PACKAGING SYSTEMS................................................................ 49 Power and Packaging Product Management ..................................................49 Packaging Development and Support ............................................................ 50 3.1.2.1 Interconnection Hardware Development ....................................... 50 3.1.2.2 Central Mechanical Engineering ....................................................50 3.1.2.3 Environmental Engineering ...........................................................50 3.1.2.4 Central Labs ..................................................................................51