RAND,SPERRY TRANSISTOR COMPUTERS

Authors
GRAY G SMITH R
Citation
G. Gray et R. Smith, RAND,SPERRY TRANSISTOR COMPUTERS, IEEE annals of the history of computing, 20(3), 1998, pp. 16-26
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
History & Philosophy of Sciences","Computer Science Theory & Methods","History & Philosophy of Sciences
Journal title
IEEE annals of the history of computing → ACNP
ISSN journal
10586180
Volume
20
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
16 - 26
Database
ISI
SICI code
1058-6180(1998)20:3<16:RTC>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
Sperry Rand Corporation was an early entry in the computer industry th rough its acquisitions of Engineering Research Associates and Eckert-M auchly Computer Corporation. It produced some of the first transistor computers for military applications, but it experienced great difficul ty in producing transistor computers for the general-purpose computing market. This paper describes the major transistor computers Sperry Ra nd developed.