Artifact Details

Title

SAGE Core Memory Array

Catalog Number

X310.84

Type

Physical object

Description

Sign removed from front of object on 2010-12-17 read:
Core Memory Unit 2
Core Memory Unit 2 held 4K words for 131,072 bits in a stack of 34 core planes. Each column of cores stored one 32-bit word.

Date

1958

Manufacturer

International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)

Place Manufactured

U.S.

Identifying Numbers

Serial number 300819 ASSY.

Dimensions

925x970x1870 mm

Category

Memory/core

Credit

Gift of the Hancock Field Air Force Base

Lot Number

X310.84