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Bookmark or Share- 1949: EDSAC computer employs delay-line storageIn May 1949, Maurice Wilkes built EDSAC (Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator), the first full-size stored-program computer, at the University of Cambridge Mathematical Laboratory, England with 512 35-bit words of memory, stored in 32 mercury delay lines holding 576 bits each.
- What is EDSAC (Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator)?Short for Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator, EDSAC is an early British computer considered to be the second stored program electronic computer, after the SSEM (Small Scale Experimental Machine). It was created at the University of Cambridge in England, performed its first calculation on May 6, 1949.
- EDSAC - WikipediaThe Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator (EDSAC) was an early British computer. Inspired by John von Neumann 's seminal First Draft of a Report on the EDVAC , the machine was constructed by Maurice Wilkes and his team at the University of Cambridge Mathematical Laboratory in England.
- EDSAC - CHM RevolutionCambridge’s EDSAC, the Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator, used mercury delay line memory. Originally designed for radar displays, delay lines provided memory for many first-generation computers. EDSAC’s 32 mercury tanks could each hold 32 18–bit words.
- EDSAC - Computing HistoryThe EDSAC was the world’s first stored-program computer to operate a regular computing service. Designed and built at Cambridge University, the EDSAC performed its first fully automatic calculation on 6 May 1949.
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