He did an unofficial follow-up report[0], based on Tandem customer data from 1985-1989. He mentions the big improvements in hardware (at least for Tandem Computers) were the switch to VLSI logic, hard disks that didn't require any maintenance, and the use of fiber optic connections.
I still find Tandem NonStop Systems interesting, and they're still being sold by HPE running on standard x86 servers.
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He did an unofficial follow-up report[0], based on Tandem customer data from 1985-1989. He mentions the big improvements in hardware (at least for Tandem Computers) were the switch to VLSI logic, hard disks that didn't require any maintenance, and the use of fiber optic connections.
I still find Tandem NonStop Systems interesting, and they're still being sold by HPE running on standard x86 servers.
[0] https://jimgray.azurewebsites.net/papers/TandemTR90.1_WhySto...