Tuesday, March 13, 2012
UNIVAC and Intel's 8080
The UNIVAC machine was 25 feet by 50 feet in length, contained 5,600 tubes, 18,000 crystal diodes, and 300 relays. It utilized serial circuitry, 2.25 MHz bit rate, and had an internal storage capacity 1,000 words or 12,000 characters.
UNIVAC clock in 1954 was decent 2,25MHz, Intel's 8080 had clock 2 MHz in 1974.
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99% BAD HARDWARE WEEK: After 23 years at the same clock speed enormous reduction in size and power consumed. Intel's 8080 micro processor had 6000 integrated transistors in 6 micron geometry. After two technology generations had been left behind .
UNIVAC clock in 1954 was decent 2,25MHz, Intel's 8080 had clock 2 MHz in 1974.
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99% BAD HARDWARE WEEK: After 23 years at the same clock speed enormous reduction in size and power consumed. Intel's 8080 micro processor had 6000 integrated transistors in 6 micron geometry. After two technology generations had been left behind .