IAS machine

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electronic stored-program computer von Neumann architecture computer

The IAS machine was an early electronic stored-program computer designed by John von Neumann and his colleagues at the Institute for Advanced Study, serving as a prototype for many subsequent computer architectures.

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instanceOf electronic stored-program computer ⓘ
von Neumann architecture computer ⓘ
alsoKnownAs IAS machine ⓘ
surface form: IAS computer

Institute for Advanced Study computer ⓘ
architecture von Neumann architecture ⓘ
arithmetic fixed-point ⓘ
city Princeton NERFINISHED ⓘ
clockFrequency about 100 kHz ⓘ
conceptualAuthor John von Neumann ⓘ
conceptualBasis First Draft of a Report on the EDVAC ⓘ
controlUnit stored-program control ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
decommissioned late 1950s ⓘ
designedAt Institute for Advanced Study ⓘ
designer John von Neumann ⓘ
developmentStart 1946 ⓘ
firstOperational 1951 ⓘ
fullyOperational 1952 ⓘ
fundedBy United States Atomic Energy Commission ⓘ
surface form: Atomic Energy Commission

United States Ordnance Department ⓘ
surface form: U.S. Army Ordnance Department
hostInstitution Institute for Advanced Study ⓘ
influenced AVIDAC ⓘ
EDVAC ⓘ
IBM 700/7000 series ⓘ
surface form: IBM 701

ILLIAC I ⓘ
JOHNNIAC ⓘ
MANIAC I ⓘ
ORACLE computer ⓘ
ORDVAC ⓘ
SILLIAC ⓘ
UNIVAC Scientific (UNIVAC 1103) ⓘ
inputDevice punched cards ⓘ
instructionFormat two instructions per word ⓘ
instructionLength 20-bit ⓘ
locatedIn Princeton, New Jersey, United States ⓘ
surface form: Princeton, New Jersey
mainMemorySize 1024 words ⓘ
memoryType Williams tube ⓘ
electrostatic memory ⓘ
numberRepresentation binary ⓘ
outputDevice punched cards ⓘ
programStorage same memory as data ⓘ
purpose ballistics calculations ⓘ
mathematical research ⓘ
nuclear weapons calculations ⓘ
scientific computing ⓘ
researchField computational physics ⓘ
numerical analysis ⓘ
state New Jersey, United States ⓘ
surface form: New Jersey
storageCapacity 40960 bits ⓘ
wordLength 40-bit ⓘ

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IAS machine → alsoKnownAs → IAS machine ⓘ
this entity surface form: IAS computer
von Neumann architecture → appliedIn → IAS machine ⓘ
EDVAC → influenced → IAS machine ⓘ