TWO-TON MECHANICAL BRAIN
Iteceived Priday, 7.0 p.m. LONDQ'N", Oct.. a • Dr, C. V. Wilkes^ direct,or of the Cambridge Mathematical Laboratojy and a radar specialist, has c.ompl.eted th,e; con.strueti.on of a tVfo-ton, me.chanical brain which is named Edsac (electronic delay storage automatic calculator) . Dr, Wilkes said the brain was* capable of answering 10.0,000 mathematical calculations in one minute and capable of earrying out matbematical work and solving problems too complicated for the human mina. Its capacity is 25 times that of tne American mechanical brain completea earlier this year. Questions are fed into the brain on a punched tape and the answers are delivejed in tne form of teleprinted messages.
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Chronicle (Levin), 4 October 1947, Page 5
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