Computer Revolution: SSEM (PCGH-Retro, June 21)

Computer Revolution: SSEM (PCGH-Retro, June 21)

The computer SSEM in Manchester runs programs from memory for the first time – this happened on June 21st. Every day, PC Games Hardware dares to take a look back at the young but eventful history of the computer.

… 1948: Small-Scale Experimental Machine – that’s the full name of the SSEM in Manchester, which was simply called “Baby” by its developers. On this June 21st he does two remarkable things. After a runtime of 52 minutes, he proves the efficiency of the Von Neumann architecture with a billing of 2^18. Also – and this might be even more important – it is the first computer that reads its tasks from memory – it executes previously written programs. Older computing machines had to be laboriously rewired for each special task – configurability via memory meant enormous progress, especially with regard to the flexibility of the computer. In a way, it was about them birth hour of the modern computer.

Science was so enthusiastic about it that they quickly began looking for more suitable storage methods. This led, among other things, to the development of magnetic core memory by An Wang.



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