• DocumentCode
    1348991
  • Title

    What went wrong V: Reaching for a gigaflop: The fate of the famed Illiac IV was shaped by both research brilliance and real-world disasters

  • Author

    Falk, Heiko

  • Volume
    13
  • Issue
    10
  • fYear
    1976
  • Firstpage
    65
  • Lastpage
    70
  • Abstract
    Conceived as a machine to perform a billion operations per second, Illiac IV ultimately included more than a million logic gates-by far the largest assemblage of hardware ever in a single machine. This article discusses the successes and failures that have made Illiac IV significant in the development of computer technology.
  • Keywords
    digital computers; Illiac IV; computer technology; failures; hardware; logic gates; successes; Computers; Educational institutions; Hardware; Logic gates; NASA; Parallel processing; Software;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Spectrum, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9235
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MSPEC.1976.6367550
  • Filename
    6367550
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1348991