BASIC COMPUTER CONCEPTS
HISTORY OF COMPUTERS
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Sir Leon Battista Alberti
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Sir Rudolf Diesel
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Sir Seymour Cray
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Sir James Russell
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Detailed explanation-1: -In the 1950s, Seymour Cray (1925-1996) worked for Sperry Rand, playing a key role in the invention and design of an early supercomputer, the UNIVAC 1103. The UNIVAC was a landmark first-generation computer because of its high processing speed, and it eventually became the first computer available for commercial use.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Cray-1 addressed these problems and produced a machine that ran several times faster than any similar design. The Cray-1’s architect was Seymour Cray; the chief engineer was Cray Research co-founder Lester Davis.
Detailed explanation-3: -Cray formed Cray Research in 1972 to ask new questions. To realize his vision of the world’s fastest computing systems. He saw impossible, shrugged, and went back to his work. With this vision and a small group of engineers, Cray produced the Cray-1 supercomputer.