UNIVAC Athena
| UNIVAC Athena | |
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 UNIVAC Athena |
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| Numerical system | |
| Internal coding | Binary |
| Word length | 24 bit |
| Arithmetic system | Integer system |
| Number of transistors | 800 |
| Number of diodes | 4000 |
| Processing arithmetic | Parallel |
| Clocking of the computing unit | Sequential |
| addition | 40 µs |
| multiplication | 520 µs |
| division | 1 ms |
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The UNIVAC Athena , also called ATHENA , was a UNIVAC computer system built by Sperry Rand in 1955.
The Athena system, named after the Greek goddess of war Athena , was for the US Air Force as part of the Titan - ICBM developed -Programms (intercontinental ballistic missile), and used as stationed on the ground missile control system. The computer system synchronized with the respective launch bases and coordinated the trajectory of the missiles.
The chief developer of UNIVAC Athena was Seymour Cray . Two prototypes were developed for the Athena system. A system based on magnetic switches , called MAGTEC, and a system based on transistors , called TRANSTEC . Both test systems had the same instruction set . After extensive testing, Seymour Cray decided on the transistor-based version.
A total of 23 systems were delivered to the US Air Force.