Citation
Andrew, A.M. (2011), "Professor Sir Maurice Wilkes", Kybernetes, Vol. 40 No. 3/4. https://doi.org/10.1108/k.2011.06740caa.003
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2011, Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Professor Sir Maurice Wilkes
Article Type: Obituary From: Kybernetes, Volume 40, Issue 3/4
Professor Sir Maurice Wilkes, who led the Cambridge University team that built the world’s first operational stored-program computer, died on Monday 29 November 2010, aged 97. The computer, known as Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator (EDSAC) contained 3,000 valves (vacuum tubes) arranged on 12 racks, with mercury-filled acoustic delay lines for storage. In 1958, it was replaced by EDSAC II, using magnetic storage. Wilkes remained at the forefront of computing technology and made several other breakthroughs in a distinguished career.
An obituary can be found at: www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/technology-obituaries/8171435/Professor-Sir-Maurice-Wilkes.html
A.M. Andrew