John von Neumann (left) and Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) Director J. Robert Oppenheimer in front of the IAS Computer in Princeton, New Jersey.

John von Neumann (left) and Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) Director J. Robert Oppenheimer in front of the IAS Computer in Princeton, New Jersey.

Appears In: Establishing a Pattern: Von Neumann at the IAS

Date: 1952 ca.
Photographer: Richards, Alan
Credit Line: Courtesy of the Shelby White and Leon Levy Archives Center, Institute for Advanced Study (IAS)
Keywords: IAS Machine (computer); Institute for Advanced Study (IAS); Oppenheimer, J. Robert; von Neumann, John, 1903--1957
Object ID: 500004277

Operational in 1952, the IAS machine was the prototype for the first generation of digital computers.