DocumentCode
1355908
Title
The Parametron Digital Computer MUSASINO-1
Author
Muroga, S. ; Takashima, K.
Author_Institution
Electrical Communication Lab., Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Public Corp., Tokyo, Japan.
Issue
3
fYear
1959
Firstpage
308
Lastpage
316
Abstract
Features of a large-scale digital computer with novel logical elements, the parametrons, are described. The machine, which is located at Musashino City, Tokyo, was named the MUSASINO-1, and has been in almost continuous operation since its completion in the spring of 1957. Primarily for scientific uses, it does arithmetic operations in parallel, and has a fast access memory of ferrite cores with nonrectangular hysteresis curve. Maintenance experience has indicated its extreme stability and low incidence of faults.
Keywords
Arithmetic; Cities and towns; Ferrites; Frequency; Laboratories; Large-scale systems; Magnetic cores; Magnetic hysteresis; Power system reliability; Springs;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronic Computers, IRE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0367-9950
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TEC.1959.5222689
Filename
5222689
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