Title :
Dudley Buck and the computer that never was
Abstract :
Immediately following the Second World War, electrical engineers grappled with a fundamental but open question: How should electronic digital computers be built? What kind of switch would serve best for logic circuits? And what should be used for main memory?
Keywords :
digital computers; logic circuits; magnetic switching; memory architecture; superconducting switches; Dudley Buck; Second World War; electrical engineers; electronic digital computers; logic circuits; main memory; Computers; Desgin methodology; Product development; Superconducting devices;
Journal_Title :
Spectrum, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MSPEC.2014.6776306
