IAS machine

E87767

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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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
IAS machine canonical	5
IAS computer	2

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

von Neumann architecture → appliedIn → IAS machine ⓘ

IAS machine → alsoKnownAs → IAS machine ⓘ

this entity surface form: IAS computer

EDVAC → influenced → IAS machine ⓘ

Turing’s Cathedral: The Origins of the Digital Universe → focusesOn → IAS machine ⓘ

MANIAC I → inspiredBy → IAS machine ⓘ

ILLIAC I → inspiredBy → IAS machine ⓘ

this entity surface form: IAS computer

AVIDAC → influencedBy → IAS machine ⓘ