The First Minicomputer Made in Taiwan

  • 1971：1st mini computer made by NCTU
  •  1971：Developers of the 1st mini computer
      （Ching-Chun Hsieh、Jong-Chuang Tsay、Sin-Min Tsai）
  •  1971：Dr.Jong-Chuang Tsay made 1st mini  computer in Taiwan

This is the first minicomputer made in Taiwan. This computer was under construction for three years and was completed in 1971.

  • There are five units in the computer: pulse pattern generator, memory unit, control unit, I/O unit, and arithmetic unit.
  • Basic circuit elements include core memory, small scale integrated circuit, transistor, diode, and numerical display tube.
  • The memory unit is composed of 1248 cores of size 0.05² each. Each core can store one bit of information.
  • The control unit is composed of 36 ×6 cores of size 0.255² each. Micro instructions are stored in it.
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