CHM Revolution

Date Introduced

1964 ca.

Photographer

Richards, Mark

Dimensions

overall: 79 1/2 in x 24 in x 29 in

Manufacturer

Packard Bell/Raytheon Company

Credit Line

SAP Collection, Computer History Museum

Copyright Owner

© Mark Richards

Location

United States

Keywords

Parallel processing (Electronic computers); Drum differential analyzer (DDA)

Object ID

102667929

TRICE, unlike other DDAs (Digital Differential Analyzer), operated in parallel, more like traditional analog computers. Each module was a solid-state computing element that functioned independently. DDAs that process each operation in sequence were less expensive, but slower.