Software for a Small Computer "Setun"

Author

Alvarez, Jose Ramil ; Vladimirova, Julia

Author_Institution

CMC Lomonosov Moscow State Univ., Moscow, Russia

fYear

2014

fDate

13-17 Oct. 2014

Firstpage

110

Lastpage

113

Abstract

The first in the world ternary computer - “Setun” was developed at Moscow State University in 1958 and was serialized in 1961-1965 by Kazan Mathematical Machines Plant. “Setun” was aimed to solve middle-level tasks and was intended for use at design bureaus, universities, research institutes, factories, etc. Developers were able to create a small-size, inexpensive, reliable and easy-to-service computer. Such qualities were achieved, on the one hand, by using ferro-magnetic elements on miniature ferrite cores and semiconductor diodes as hardware components, on the other - a ternary symmetric numerical system that supports optimal arithmetic construct.

Keywords

ferromagnetic materials; semiconductor diodes; software engineering; task analysis; Setun; easy-to-service computer; ferro-magnetic elements; hardware components; middle-level tasks; miniature ferrite cores; semiconductor diodes; software; ternary computer; Algorithms; Computers; Educational institutions; Programming; Random access memory; Software; Standards; interpretive programs; software; ternary computers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer Technology in Russia and in the Former Soviet Union (SoRuCom), 2014 Third International Conference on

Conference_Location

Kazan

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SoRuCom.2014.31

Filename

7032967