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76221 Core Memory Plane
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A core memory plane from a LEO III. A core memory plane from a LEO computer is a grid of tiny magnetic ferrite rings, each storing a binary bit of data, which were a key component of the LEO III computer, a state-of-the-art solid-state machine launched in 1961 that used transistors and ferrite core memory for random access storage. This memory was constructed by threading wires through the cores and carefully polarizing them with electrical currents to represent binary 1s and 0s, allowing for read and write operations for data storage Date : c 1961Physical Description : 1 item; metal Provenance : Archive References : CMLEO/LS/AT/76221 , CCH LI 117 This exhibit has a reference ID of CH76221. Please quote this reference ID in any communication with the Centre for Computing History. |
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