• DocumentCode
    43436
  • Title

    Dudley Buck and the computer that never was

  • Author

    Brock, D.

  • Volume
    51
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    Apr-14
  • Firstpage
    54
  • Lastpage
    69
  • Abstract
    Immediately following the Second World War, electrical engineers grappled with a fundamental but open question: How should electronic digital computers be built? What kind of switch would serve best for logic circuits? And what should be used for main memory?
  • Keywords
    digital computers; logic circuits; magnetic switching; memory architecture; superconducting switches; Dudley Buck; Second World War; electrical engineers; electronic digital computers; logic circuits; main memory; Computers; Desgin methodology; Product development; Superconducting devices;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Spectrum, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9235
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MSPEC.2014.6776306
  • Filename
    6776306
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=43436