IAS Computer
date: label: Date made
content: 1946-1951
name: label: director
content: von Neumann, John
label: previous owner
content: Institute for Advanced Study
label: maker
content: von Neumann, John
label: maker
content: Institute for Advanced Study
notes: label: Description
content: The IAS Computer was named for the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey. The computer was built from 1946 to 1951 at the Institute under the direction of John von Neumann, a mathematics professor at both Princeton University and the Institute for Advanced Study. Funds for the computer came from the Institute, the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, and several military agencies of the U.S. Government. It cost several hundred thousand dollars. The goal of developing the IAS was to make digital computer designs more practical and efficient.
label: Description
content: For further information about the computer, see Willis H. Ware. <I>The History and Development of the Electronic Computer Project at the Institute for Advanced Study</I> (1953). This is available online.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: New Jersey, Princeton
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content: Medicine and Science: Computers
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content: Military
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content: Computers & Business Machines
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Princeton University
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CI.320250.01
label: catalog number
content: 320250
label: accession number
content: 220575
objectType: label: Object Name
content: computer
label: Object Name
content: mainframe computer
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 118 in x 126 in x 33 in; 299.72 cm x 320.04 cm x 83.82 cm