jan 1, 1945 - Acoustic Delay Line Concept
Description:
used piezoelectric quartz crystals at each end of a mercury filled tube and could store 1,000 bits
applied to EDVAC, EDSAC, BINAC and initial UNIVAC
Echer?
Sequential or cyclic access memory, you have to wait for the bit to come around again
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