The fundamental computer architecture in which the computer acts upon (executes) instructions temporarily stored internally in its memory (RAM). This flexibility is why computers are used for an ...

Hungarian-born John von Neumann (1903-1957), an internationally renowned mathematician, promoted a theoretical design for a computer in the 1940s. He envisioned the stored program concept, whereby ...

This video features highlights from the first day at the HiPEAC 2018 conference, which took place last week in Manchester. HiPEAC is the premier European forum for experts in computer architecture, ...

The earliest stored program computer in the modern sense was not one of the names such as ENIAC or Colossus that you might expect, but the Manchester Baby, an experimental prototype computer built at ...

In the heart of Manchester, UK, a groundbreaking event took place in 1948: the first modern computer, known as the Manchester Baby, ran its very first program. The Baby’s ability to execute stored ...

On 21 June 1948, the world’s first stored-program computer ran its first program. The Manchester Baby eventually evolved into the Ferranti Mark I. Acorn used semi-custom chips from Ferranti in the ...