Exploring the architecture of an early machine: The historical relevance of the ENIAC machine architecture

IEEE Annals of the History of Computing

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 17-24

  Marcus, Mitchell ^a,b   Akera, Atsushi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Amer Assoc for Artif Intelligence

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER HARDWARE; DIGITAL COMPUTERS; DIGITAL DIFFERENTIAL ANALYZERS; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; GENERAL PURPOSE COMPUTERS; HISTORY; MATHEMATICAL INSTRUMENTS; NATURAL SCIENCES COMPUTING; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS;

ACCUMULATORS; ELECTRONIC COMPUTING; ELECTRONIC NUMERICAL INTEGRATOR AND COMPUTER; MASTER PROGRAMMER UNIT; TECHNICAL HISTORY;

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE;

EID: 0030104448     PISSN: 10586180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/85.476558     Document Type: Article

References (11)

1. A. Burks and A. Burks, "The ENIAC: first general-purpose electronic computer," with published comments. Annals of the History of Computing, Oct. 1981, pp. 310-399.
2. A. Burks and A. Burks, The First Electronic Computer, Univ. Michigan Press, 1988.
3. A. Goldstine, A Report on the ENIAC, Part 1. Technical Description of the ENIAC, Ballistics Research Laboratory, 1946. This is the final report on the machine.
4. H. Goldstine, The Computer from Pascal to von Neumann, Princeton University Press, 1972.
5. T. Hughes, Networks of Power, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1983.
6. J. Shurkin, Engines of the Mind, W.W. Norton & Co., 1984.
7. N. Stern, ENIAC to UNIVAC, Digital Press, 1981.
8. Proposal for ENIAC, 4/8/43. A copy is available at the Moore School Library.
9. Interview with Arthur Burks and Alice Burks by Atsushi Akera. 20 July 1995, Ann Arbor, MI.
10. Interview with Kathleen Mauchly Antonelli by authors, 5 April 1995, Ambler, PA.
11. Interview with Herman Goldstine by authors, 4 April 1995, Philadelphia, PA.