Editing Scientific Data Systems (section)

===SDS 92===
The '''SDS 92'''<ref name="SDS92Ref">{{Cite web
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}}</ref> is generally accepted as the first commercial computer using monolithic integrated circuits.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jfyvXAOhWXAC&q=%22SDS+92%22+delivered|title=The U.S. computer industry: a study of market power|last=Brock|first=Gerald W.|date=1975|publisher=Ballinger Pub. Co.|isbn=9780884102618|pages=192|language=en|quote=That same month [April 1965] Scientific Data Systems delivered the first commercial integrated circuit computer, the SDS-92.|access-date=2020-12-04|archive-date=2022-12-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221217093202/https://books.google.com/books?id=jfyvXAOhWXAC&q=%22SDS+92%22+delivered|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Pugh |first1=Emerson W. |last2=Johnson |first2=Lyle R. |last3=Palmer |first3=John H. |title=IBM's 360 and Early 370 Systems |date=1991 |publisher=MIT Press |isbn=9780262161237 |page=440 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MFGj_PT_clIC&q=%22sds+92%22&pg=PA440 |language=en |access-date=2020-12-04 |archive-date=2023-08-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230813085115/https://books.google.com/books?id=MFGj_PT_clIC&q=%22sds+92%22&pg=PA440 |url-status=live }}</ref> ICs were used on about 50 circuit cards.<ref name=Calkins />

The SDS 92 is a small, high-speed, very low-cost, general purpose computer 12-bit system introduced in 1965.<ref name="SDS92Ref" /><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cY0TAAAAIAAJ&q=%22sds+92%22|title=The Industrial Reorganization Act|date=1974|others=Columns: computer, solid state?, avg monthly rentals, date of 1st installation, number of installations, number of unfilled orders|pages=5577|language=en|access-date=2020-12-04|archive-date=2023-08-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230813085111/https://books.google.com/books?id=cY0TAAAAIAAJ&q=%22sds+92%22|url-status=live}}</ref> it was not compatible with other SDS lines such as the 900 series or the [[SDS Sigma series|Sigma series]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Scientific Data Systems|title=Reference Manual SDS 92 Computer|date=June 1965|url=http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/sds/92/900505C_SDS_92_Reference_Jun65.pdf|access-date=Sep 20, 2014|archive-date=September 24, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140924053626/http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/sds/92/900505C_SDS_92_Reference_Jun65.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> Features included:<ref name="SDS92Ref" />
*12- and 24-bit instructions
*12-bit word plus parity bit
*2048-word basic memory (1.75 [[microsecond|μsec]] memory cycle) expandable to 4096, 8192, 16,384 or 32,768 words, all directly addressable 
Peripheral equipment available from SDS standard peripheral line included:<ref name="SDS92Ref" />
*10 [[characters per second|cps]] (characters per second) Keyboard/printer ([[teletype]]) with or without paper tape reader and punch
*300 cps paper tape reader
*60 cps paper tape punch
*[[SDS 9 Series#MAGPAK|MAGPAK]] Magnetic Tape System