Distributed control systems (DCSs) were first introduced in the late ’70s and early ’80s. They used the most current technology available at the time, but computer technology has evolved much faster ...

Ripple’s CTO invented a distributed computer system 20 years before blockchain – ask him about it Before there was Satoshi Nakamoto, there was David Schwartz August 16, 2018 - 2:33 pm ...

Power plants were among the leaders in implementing distributed control systems (DCSs), starting in the 1980s with systems based on mini-computers and continuing through the turn of the century.

Along the way, Braskem acquired four polypropylene manufacturing sites from Dow Chemical, two of which were strapped with Dow’s proprietary MOD 5 distributed control system (DCS). With the hardware ...