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外文资料原文Progress in ComputersPrestige Lecture delivered to IEE, Cambridge, on 5 February 2004Maurice W

外文资料原文 ProgressinComputers PrestigeLecturedeliveredtoIEE,Cambridge,on5Fe bruary2004 MauriceWilkes ComputerLaboratory UniversityofCambridge Thefirststoredprogramcomputersbegantowork around1950。TheonewebuiltinCambridge,theED SACwasfirstusedinthesummerof1949。 Theseearlyexperimentalcomputerswerebuilt bypeoplelikemyselfwithvaryingbackgrounds.Weall hadextensiveexperienceinelectronicengineeringa ndwereconfidentthatthatexperiencewouldstandu singoodstead.Thisprovedtrue,althoughweh adsomenewthingstolearn.Themostimportant ofthesewasthattransientsmustbetreatedcorrectl y;whatwouldcauseaharmlessflashonthescreenof atelevisionsetcouldleadtoaseriouserrori nacomputer. Asfarascomputingcircuitswereconcerned,wefou ndourselveswithanembarassderichess。Forexamp le,wecouldusevacuumtubediodesforgatesaswedid intheEDSACorpentodeswithcontrolsignalsonbo thgrids,asystemwidelyusedelsewhere.Thissor tofchoicepersistedandthetermfamiliesof logiccameintouse.Thosewhohaveworkedinthe computerfieldwillrememberTTL,ECLandCMOS。Of these,CMOShasnowbecomedominant. Inthoseearlyyears,theIEEwasstilldominatedb ypowerengineeringandwehadtofightanumberof majorbattlesinordertogetradioengineeringalo ngwiththerapidlydevelopingsubjectofelectronic

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