Title :
Software for a Small Computer "Setun"
Author :
Alvarez, Jose Ramil ; Vladimirova, Julia
Author_Institution :
CMC Lomonosov Moscow State Univ., Moscow, Russia
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;
Conference_Titel :
Computer Technology in Russia and in the Former Soviet Union (SoRuCom), 2014 Third International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kazan
DOI :
10.1109/SoRuCom.2014.31
