Whirlwind I Computer Block Diagrams. Volume 1
Abstract
The Whirlwind Computers will be of the high-speed electronic type in which numbers will be handled as video signals and computation will be carried out in digital form. Digit transmission will be of the parallel type. The basic principle of the machines is to carry out one arithmetic operation at a time and to depend upon high operating speed rather than simultaneous computing operations to shorten the solution time of problems. The performance of a single arithmetic operation at a time will greatly simplify the setup of problems, and it is considered more feasible to obtain high operating speed than to complicate the equipment with simultaneous operations.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 04, 1947
- Accession Number
- AD0499798
Entities
People
- F. Swain
- R. Everett
Organizations
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology