DocumentCode :
3557823
Title :
From ACE to the G-15
Author :
Huskey, Harry D.
Volume :
6
Issue :
4
fYear :
1984
Firstpage :
350
Lastpage :
371
Abstract :
The 1946 Turing proposal for a stored-program computer at Britain´s National Physical Laboratory is briefly described. The author´s participation in the Test Assembly design, NPL´s design of the ACE Pilot Model, and the subsequent design of the ACE are presented. The author´s return to the United States and his efforts to build a similar computer at the National Bureau of Standards are described. Finally, the design of the Bendix G-15 and how it is related to the other computers is discussed. These computers were characterized by having re-circulating memories and logical designs that permitted the execution of several instructions per memory cycle.
Keywords :
Acoustic pulses; Cathode ray tubes; History; Information processing; NIST; Physics computing;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Annals of the History of Computing
Publisher :
ieee
ISSN :
0164-1239
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1109/MAHC.1984.10047
Filename :
4640787
Link To Document :
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