KL10 Project Technology Goals

This interoffice memorandum from Fred Wilhelm at DECsystem-10 Engineering outlines the evolving technology and performance goals for the KL10 project as of August 1972. The document details the project's efforts to balance cost and performance, comparing the use of different circuit families (74S, T2LS, and ECL). It includes detailed cost analyses for components and systems, risk assessments regarding board manufacturing and component availability, and performance data comparing various configurations. The memo concludes that while a T2LS implementation would meet established goals, an ECL implementation offers significantly higher performance, justifying further investigation into the startup costs and risks associated with the technology.