The first computer on the University of Illinois campus was big, loud and couldn't hold a candle to today's smartphone. But at the time, the 5-ton, 10-foot tall ILLIAC was considered a breakthrough of astronomical proportions. URBANA — The next time you pick up that supercomputer in your pocket, take a moment to consider its famous ancestor at the University of the Illinois. The Illinois Automatic Computer, dubbed ILLIAC, went online in 1952, one of the first computers built with a design that is now ubiquitous in the computing world. read more
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