SOVIET CYBERNETICS TECHNOLOGY: II GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF SEVERAL SOVIET COMPUTERS
Abstract
A short translation introducing the subject of Soviet Computing technology and specifying some areas of computer application considered to be of special importance is presented. The 'Ural' and BESM series of computers are widely known and well covered in the literature. The 'Ural-4' is the most recent member of that series. The BESM-II described would appear to be a modified version of that machine, since the description contained herein does not agree with the bulk of the literature concerning it. The 'Razdan-2' represents a major effort by one of the newer computing centers to pioneer new design techniques. The 'Razdan' series was the first in the Soviet Union to be fully transistorized. Two analog computers, the MN-10 and MN-14, are also described followed by a brief, non-technical article on the Byelorussian 'Luch' computer. The 'EPOS' being built in Czechoslovakia, which, although considerably behind the U. S. and the Soviet states of the art, was being designed for serial production.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 1963
- Accession Number
- AD0414793
Entities
People
- Wade B. Holland
- Willis H. Ware
Organizations
- RAND Corporation