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Title: TECHNICAL PROGRESS REPORT. PART I. HIGH-SPEED COMPUTER PROGRAM. PART II. CIRCUIT RESEARCH PROGRAM. PART III. SWITCHING THEORY. PART IV. MATHEMATICAL METHODS. PART V. ILLIAC USE AND OPERATIO N. PART VI. IBM 7090-1401 SYSTEM. PART VII. INSTRUCTIONAL USE OF THE IBM 7090-1401 SYSTEM. PART VIII. GENERAL LABORATORY INFORMATION

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:4729206

Work in the high-speed computer program is reported on component testing, maintenance, delayed control sequence modification, core memory operation, and diagnostic programming. Circuit research included investigation of flip-flop switching theory, development of hybrid counter circuits using tunnel diodes and emitter followers, and circuit revisions in the statistical analyzer. In switching theory investigations, calculation of the maximum number of the most efficient error-detecting and correcting codes was attempted by use of Booleam algebra. Mathematical formulations of these combinations are given. Data on the distribution of Illiac machine time are presented tabularly. Two new routines were added to the IBM 7090 library during the report period. A review of IBM 7090 problem specifications for the period is presented. (J.R.D.)

Research Organization:
Illinois. Univ., Urbana. Digital Computer Lab.
DOE Contract Number:
AT(11-1)-415
NSA Number:
NSA-17-014717
OSTI ID:
4729206
Report Number(s):
TID-17950
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-63
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English