1. CmpE 101 Supplements By Dr. Atilla Elçi
Computers
CmpE 101 Supplements
By Dr. Atilla Elçi
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CmpE 101 Supplement

2. Mechanical Photos: Jaipur Observatory
The Jaipur Observatory by Maurice AUDEJEAN
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3. As it’s envisaged in 1954s: Home Computer in the year 2004!
This is an urban legend (hoax): See
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4. Fastest Computer
Guinness World Records 2003 sites the NEC Earth Simulator at Yokohama Institute of Earth Sciences which:
Is capable of carrying out 35.6 trillion operations / second;
Is designed to simulate Earth’s climate change and global warming;
Has 5,104 processors
Occupies an area about four tennis courts.
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5. Oldest Computer Guinness World Records 2003 sites:
The first fully automated, software-driven computer was called “Baby”:
Desinged and run by Tom Kilburn & Freddie Williams (UK);
On June 21, 1948;
Used to compute the highest factor of 218;
By a program of 17 instructions.
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