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Fig. 5.2
The co-word map
of the period of 1980-1985
for the debate on RISC
Fig. 5.3
The co-word map of
another period: 1986-1987
for the debate on RISC
commercially important RISC microprocessor - the SPARC in 1986. RISC had
transformed from papers to a tangible product, backed by investors. The bi-polar
co-word map for the previous period is now predominated by the RISC cluster. The
technology of RISC implementation, namely VLSI, has become larger and more
central.
On the one hand, the reconfiguration of the co-word map from bi-polar to lop-
sided indicates that the high-level language argument had been settled. On the other
hand, the map provides few clues of how this transformation took place. The lack
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