2 Sep
2008
2 Sep
'08
8:19 a.m.
schwepes at moog.netaxs.com wrote:
Why be surprised? The second group had a far higher
state
of the art.
> From the excellent book, "The First Computers - History and
> Architectures," an interesting comparison:
I'm not at all "surprised" which is why I used the word
"interesting." The comparison given in the book is a great illustration of just
how far the technology has come. And, actually, it has come even quite a bit further
since the ENIAC-on-a-Chip project was completed in 1997.
2 Sep
2 Sep
8:41 a.m.
William Blair wrote:
I'm not at all "surprised" which is why
I used the word "interesting." The comparison given in the book is a great
illustration of just how far the technology has come. And, actually, it has come even
quite a bit further since the ENIAC-on-a-Chip project was completed in 1997.
I would say less ... In 1949 you get hands on the real machine.
I suspect about 1/2 dozen chips where made, that very few people
can see other than for bragging about.
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