A Logical Design of an Intermediate Speed Digital Computer
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"A Logical Design of an Intermediate Speed Digital Computer" is Gene Amdahl’s doctoral thesis, presenting an early and influential computer architecture design that helped launch his career in computer engineering.
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| A Logical Design of an Intermediate Speed Digital Computer canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: A Logical Design of an Intermediate Speed Digital Computer Context triple: [Gene Amdahl, doctoralThesis, A Logical Design of an Intermediate Speed Digital Computer]
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First Draft of a Report on the EDVAC
First Draft of a Report on the EDVAC is a seminal 1945 technical report that laid out the stored-program computer architecture that became the foundation for most modern computers.
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Control Program for Microcomputers
Control Program for Microcomputers is an early operating system widely used on 8-bit microcomputers in the late 1970s and early 1980s, known for influencing the design of later systems like MS-DOS.
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A Symbolic Analysis of Relay and Switching Circuits
A Symbolic Analysis of Relay and Switching Circuits is Claude Shannon’s landmark 1937 master’s thesis that founded modern digital circuit design by applying Boolean algebra to relay and switching systems.
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EDVAC
EDVAC was one of the earliest electronic stored-program computers, pioneering the use of binary arithmetic and influencing the development of modern computer architecture.
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ENIAC project
The ENIAC project was an early U.S. military-funded effort during World War II to develop one of the first general-purpose electronic digital computers, laying foundational concepts for modern computing.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Logical Design of an Intermediate Speed Digital Computer Target entity description: "A Logical Design of an Intermediate Speed Digital Computer" is Gene Amdahl’s doctoral thesis, presenting an early and influential computer architecture design that helped launch his career in computer engineering.
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A.
First Draft of a Report on the EDVAC
First Draft of a Report on the EDVAC is a seminal 1945 technical report that laid out the stored-program computer architecture that became the foundation for most modern computers.
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B.
Control Program for Microcomputers
Control Program for Microcomputers is an early operating system widely used on 8-bit microcomputers in the late 1970s and early 1980s, known for influencing the design of later systems like MS-DOS.
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C.
A Symbolic Analysis of Relay and Switching Circuits
A Symbolic Analysis of Relay and Switching Circuits is Claude Shannon’s landmark 1937 master’s thesis that founded modern digital circuit design by applying Boolean algebra to relay and switching systems.
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D.
EDVAC
EDVAC was one of the earliest electronic stored-program computers, pioneering the use of binary arithmetic and influencing the development of modern computer architecture.
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E.
ENIAC project
The ENIAC project was an early U.S. military-funded effort during World War II to develop one of the first general-purpose electronic digital computers, laying foundational concepts for modern computing.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
academic dissertation
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doctoral thesis ⓘ |
| academicAdvisor | Arthur Burks ⓘ |
| academicDegree | PhD ⓘ |
| author | Gene Amdahl ⓘ |
| conferredTo | Gene Amdahl ⓘ |
| contributionTo | development of Gene Amdahl’s career ⓘ |
| countryOfInstitution |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| describes | design of an intermediate speed digital computer ⓘ |
| discipline |
computer science
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electrical engineering ⓘ |
| field |
computer architecture
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computer engineering ⓘ digital computers ⓘ |
| hasAuthorProfession |
computer architect
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computer engineer ⓘ |
| hasForm | printed dissertation ⓘ |
| helpedLaunchCareerOf | Gene Amdahl ⓘ |
| impact | recognized as an important early work in computer architecture ⓘ |
| influenced | early computer architecture research ⓘ |
| institution | University of Wisconsin–Madison ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| notableFor | early and influential computer architecture design ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
instruction set design
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logical organization of computing systems ⓘ mainframe computer design ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early era of digital computers ⓘ |
| topic |
computer architecture design
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intermediate speed digital computer ⓘ logical design of computers ⓘ |
| typeOfWork | technical report ⓘ |
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Instruction
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