March 17,
2007
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History
of von Neumann architecture
•The modern computing era began in 1956 with a manuscript from John von Neumann titled “The Computer and the Brain”.
This detailed the von Neumann
Architecture. He died before it was completed. Very
good reading.
•It summarizes the important concepts needed to build a Stored Instruction Machine.
•Any computer you have (circa 2007) utilizes the VNA or an immediate derivative.
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