Object Details
- director
- von Neumann, John
- previous owner
- Institute for Advanced Study
- von Neumann, John
- Institute for Advanced Study
- Description
- 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.
- For further information about the computer, see Willis H. Ware. The History and Development of the Electronic Computer Project at the Institute for Advanced Study (1953). This is available online.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Princeton University
- 1946-1951
- ID Number
- CI.320250.01
- catalog number
- 320250
- accession number
- 220575
- Object Name
- computer
- mainframe computer
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- plastic (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 118 in x 126 in x 33 in; 299.72 cm x 320.04 cm x 83.82 cm
- Place Made
- United States: New Jersey, Princeton
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Computers
- Military
- Computers & Business Machines
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_334741
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a3-b8b9-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
