Photo 1: Computer Science building where the ILLIAC housed.
ILLIAC II
The ILLAC II was built at the University of Illinois Urban
Champaign in 1962. It was designed to be
a hundred times faster than its predecessor ILLAC I. It was the one of the first super computers
to implore the use of transistors instead of vacuum tubes. This enabled the
designers to construct a compact super computer that generated less heat. Other
notable characteristics are that it had a larger memory and processor
storage.
Photo 2: ILLAC II
ILLIAC III
Fabricated in 1966 at the University of Illinois the ILLIAC
III’s chief job was to analysis bubble chamber experiments to detect nuclear
partials. It was latter used for biological image processing.
Photo 3: ILLAC III
ILLIAC IV
The ILLIAC IV was designed to be bigger and faster than its
forerunner. The main idea was design a computer that linked a single control
unit with several sub units, each utilizing its own arithmetic a data storage
capabilities. This would enable the machine to perform multiple complex
calculations simultaneously at 50 times the speed of the ILLIAC III.
Photo 4: Diagram of ILLIAC IV floor layout.
ILLIAC V CEDAR
Operational in 1988, it utilized advanced interconnected
networks and control unites that optimized parallelism.
Work cited:
Kingery, Alan, Rudy D. Berg, and E. H. Schillinger. Men and
Ideas in Engineering; Twelve Histories from Illinois. Urbana: Published for the
College of Engineering, U of Illinois, by the U of Illinois, 1967. Print.
