Moʻolelo o nā kamepiula uila, Māhele 1: Prologue

Moʻolelo o nā kamepiula uila, Māhele 1: Prologue

Nā ʻatikala ʻē aʻe ma ka moʻo:

E like me kā mākou i ʻike ai ma ʻatikala hope loa, ua ʻike nā mea ʻenekinia lekiō a me ke kelepona i ka ʻimi ʻana i nā mea hoʻonui ikaika i kahi kahua ʻenehana hou i kapa koke ʻia ʻo ka uila. Hiki ke hoʻololi maʻalahi i ka mea hoʻonui uila i loko o kahi hoʻololi kikohoʻe, e hana ana ma nā wikiwiki ʻoi aku ka kiʻekiʻe ma mua o kona hoahānau electromechanical, ka relay kelepona. Ma muli o ka loaʻa ʻole o nā ʻāpana mechanical, hiki ke hoʻohuli a hoʻopau i kahi paipu hāmama i kahi microsecond a i ʻole ka liʻiliʻi, ma mua o ka ʻumi milliseconds a ʻoi aku paha i koi ʻia e kahi relay.

Mai ka makahiki 1939 a i ka makahiki 1945, ua hana ʻia ʻekolu kamepiula me ka hoʻohana ʻana i kēia mau mea uila hou. ʻAʻole ia he coincidence ʻo nā lā o kā lākou kūkulu ʻana i hui pū me ka manawa o ke Kaua Honua ʻElua. Keia paio - unparalleled i loko o ka mōʻaukala i ke ala ia 'auamo kanaka i ke kaʻa kaua - mau loa hoʻololi i ka pilina ma waena o nā moku'āina a ma waena o ka 'epekema a me ka 'ike loea, a ua lawe mai i ka nui o nā mea hou i ka honua.

ʻO nā moʻolelo o nā kamepiula uila mua ʻekolu i hui pū ʻia me ke kaua. ʻO ka mea mua i hoʻolaʻa ʻia i ka wehewehe ʻana i nā leka Kelemania, a ua noho ma lalo o ka uhi huna a hiki i nā makahiki 1970, ʻaʻole ia he hoihoi hou ma mua o ka mōʻaukala. ʻO ka lua a ka hapa nui o ka poʻe heluhelu e lohe ai ʻo ia ʻo ENIAC, he helu helu koa i hoʻopau hope loa e kōkua i ke kaua. Eia naʻe ke nānā aku nei mākou i ka mea mua loa o kēia mau mīkini ʻekolu, ʻo ka brainchild o John Vincent Atanasoff.

ʻO Atanasov

I ka makahiki 1930, ʻo Atanasov, ke keiki hānau ʻAmelika a kahi malihini mai Ottoman Bulgaria, ua hoʻokō hope loa i kāna moeʻuhane ʻōpio a lilo i physicist theoretical. Akā, e like me ka hapa nui o ia mau manaʻo, ʻaʻole ʻo ia ka mea i manaʻo ʻia. ʻO ka mea nui, e like me ka hapa nui o nā haumāna o ka ʻenekinia a me ka ʻepekema kino i ka hapa mua o ke kenekulia XNUMX, pono ʻo Atanasov e ʻeha i nā kaumaha ʻeha o ka helu mau. ʻO kāna dissertation ma ke Kulanui o Wisconsin e pili ana i ka polarization o ka helium i koi ʻia i ʻewalu mau pule o ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana me ka hoʻohana ʻana i kahi helu helu mīkini.

Moʻolelo o nā kamepiula uila, Māhele 1: Prologue
ʻO John Atanasov i kona wā'ōpiopio

I ka makahiki 1935, ua ʻae ʻo ia i kahi kūlana ma ke ʻano he kumu ma ke Kulanui o Iowa, ua hoʻoholo ʻo Atanasov e hana i kekahi mea e pili ana i kēia kaumaha. Ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia e noʻonoʻo e pili ana i nā ala hiki ke kūkulu i kamepiula hou a ʻoi aku ka ikaika. ʻO ka hōʻole ʻana i nā ʻano analog (e like me ka MIT differential analyzer) no nā kumu o ka palena a me ka pololei ʻole, ua hoʻoholo ʻo ia e kūkulu i kahi mīkini kikohoʻe e pili ana i nā helu ma ke ʻano he ʻokoʻa koʻikoʻi ma mua o ke ana mau. Mai kona wā ʻōpiopio mai, ua kamaʻāina ʻo ia i ka ʻōnaehana helu binary a ua hoʻomaopopo ʻo ia ua kūpono loa ia i ka ʻōnaehana on/off o kahi hoʻololi kikohoʻe ma mua o nā helu decimal maʻamau. No laila ua hoʻoholo ʻo ia e hana i kahi mīkini binary. A ʻo ka hope, ua hoʻoholo ʻo ia i mea e ʻoi aku ka wikiwiki a me ka maʻalahi, pono ia e uila, a hoʻohana i nā paipu māmā no ka helu ʻana.

Pono hoʻi ʻo Atanasov e hoʻoholo i ka wahi pilikia - he aha ke ʻano o ka helu ʻana e pono ai kāna kamepiula? ʻO ka hopena, ua hoʻoholo ʻo ia e hana me ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i nā ʻōnaehana o nā hoʻohālikelike linear, e hōʻemi ana iā lākou i hoʻokahi hoʻololi (me ka hoʻohana ʻana ʻano Gauss)—ʻo nā helu helu like i hoʻomalu i kāna dissertation. E kākoʻo ʻo ia a hiki i kanakolu mau hoohalike, a hiki i kanakolu mau hoʻololi i kēlā me kēia. Hiki i ia kamepiula ke hoʻoponopono i nā pilikia koʻikoʻi i ka poʻe ʻepekema a me nā ʻenekinia, a i ka manawa like ʻaʻole ia he mea paʻakikī loa.

ʻĀpana kiʻi

Ma ka waena o nā makahiki 1930, ua hoʻololi ʻia ka ʻenehana uila mai kona kumu i 25 mau makahiki ma mua. ʻElua mau hanana i kūpono loa i ka papahana a Atanasov: kahi hoʻokuʻu kumu a me kahi mika uila.

Mai ka makahiki 1918, ua loaʻa i nā ʻenekinia telegarapa a me ke kelepona kekahi mea hana lima i kapa ʻia he kī. ʻO ka hoʻololi kahi relay bistable e hoʻohana ana i nā magnet paʻa e paʻa iā ia ma ka mokuʻāina āu i waiho ai iā ia i loko - hāmama a pani ʻia paha - a loaʻa iā ia kahi hōʻailona uila e hoʻololi i nā mokuʻāina. Akā, ʻaʻole hiki i nā paipu hāmama ke hana i kēia. ʻAʻohe o lākou ʻāpana mechanical a hiki ke "wehe" a i ʻole "pani" i ka wā e kahe ana ka uila ma ke kaapuni. I ka makahiki 1, ua hoʻohui ʻelua mau kaukani Pelekane ʻo William Eccles lāua ʻo Frank Jordan i ʻelua mau kukui me nā uwea e hana i kahi "trigger relay" - kahi relay uila e hoʻomau mau ana ma hope o ka hoʻāla ʻia ʻana e ka manaʻo mua. Ua hoʻokumu ʻo Eccles lāua ʻo Jordan i kā lāua ʻōnaehana no ke kelepona ʻana no ka ʻAmelika Pelekane ma ka hopena o ke Kaua Honua Mua. Akā ʻo ka Eccles-Jordan circuit, i kapa ʻia ma hope aku ʻo ka trigger [English. flip-flop] hiki ke noʻonoʻo ʻia ma ke ʻano he mea no ka mālama ʻana i kahi huahelu binary - 0 inā hoʻouna ʻia ka hōʻailona, ​​​​a ʻo XNUMX i ʻole. Ma kēia ala, ma o n flip-flops ua hiki ke hōʻike i kahi helu binary o n bits.

Ma kahi o ʻumi mau makahiki ma hope o ka hoʻomaka ʻana, ua hiki mai ka lua o ka holomua nui o ka uila, e hui pū ana me ka honua o ka ʻikepili: nā mika uila. Eia hou, e like me ka mea i hana pinepine ʻia i ka mōʻaukala mua o ka helu ʻana, ua lilo ka luhi i makuahine o ka mea hou. Pono nā physicists e aʻo ana i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana o nā ʻāpana subatomic e hoʻolohe i nā kaomi a i ʻole e hoʻolilo i mau hola e aʻo ana i nā moʻolelo kiʻi, e helu ana i ka helu o nā ʻike e ana i ka nui o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana mai nā mea like ʻole. ʻO nā mika mīkini a i ʻole electromechanical kahi koho hoʻowalewale e hoʻomaʻamaʻa i kēia mau hana, akā ua neʻe mālie lākou: ʻaʻole hiki iā lākou ke hoʻopaʻa inoa i nā hanana he nui i hana ʻia i loko o nā milliseconds o kekahi.

ʻO ke kiʻi nui i ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i kēia pilikia Charles Eril Wynne-Williams, ka mea i hana ma lalo o Ernest Rutherford ma ka Cavendish Laboratory ma Cambridge. He akamai ʻo Wynne-Williams i ka uila, a ua hoʻohana mua ʻo ia i nā paipu (a i ʻole nā ​​valves, e like me kā lākou i kapa ʻia ai ma Beretania) e hana i nā mea hoʻonui i hiki ke lohe i nā mea e hana nei i nā ʻāpana. I nā makahiki 1930 mua, ua ʻike ʻo ia e hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia nā kiwi no ka hana ʻana i kahi counter, a kapa ʻia ʻo ia he "counter scale binary" -ʻo ia hoʻi, kahi helu helu binary. ʻO ka mea nui, he pūʻulu flip-flops ia e hiki ke hoʻololi i nā hoʻololi i ke kaulahao (ma ka hana, ua hoʻohana ʻia. thyratrons, nā ʻano kukui i loaʻa ʻaʻole kahi moena, akā he kinoea, hiki ke noho ma ke kūlana ma hope o ka ionization piha o ke kinoea).

Ua lilo koke ka counter Wynne-Williams i hoʻokahi o nā mea hana hale hana e pono ai no ka poʻe i komo i ka physics particle. Ua kūkulu ka poʻe physicist i nā helu helu liʻiliʻi loa, ʻekolu mau huahelu (ʻo ia hoʻi, hiki ke helu i ka ʻehiku). Ua lawa kēia e hana i kahi pale no ka mīkini mīkini lohi, a no ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i nā hanana i hiki ke hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma mua o ka mika me ka neʻe lohi.

Moʻolelo o nā kamepiula uila, Māhele 1: Prologue

Akā ma ke kumumanaʻo, hiki ke hoʻonui ʻia kēlā mau helu helu i nā helu o ka nui a i ʻole ka pololei. ʻO kēia, ʻo ka ʻōlelo koʻikoʻi, nā mīkini helu uila uila mua.

Atanasov-Berry kamepiula

Ua kamaʻāina ʻo Atanasov i kēia moʻolelo, nāna i hōʻoiaʻiʻo iā ia i ka hiki ke kūkulu i kahi kamepiula uila. ʻAʻole naʻe ʻo ia i hoʻohana pololei i nā helu helu binary a i ʻole nā ​​flip-flops. I ka wā mua, no ke kumu o ka ʻōnaehana helu, ua hoʻāʻo ʻo ia e hoʻohana i nā helu helu liʻiliʻi - ma hope o nā mea a pau, he aha ka hoʻohui inā ʻaʻole helu hou? Akā, no kekahi kumu ʻaʻole hiki iā ia ke hilinaʻi pono i nā kaapuni helu, a pono ʻo ia e hoʻomohala i kāna mau kaapuni hoʻohui a hoʻonui. ʻAʻole hiki iā ia ke hoʻohana i nā flip-flops no ka mālama ʻana i nā helu binary no ka mea he palena kālā kāna a me kahi pahuhopu nui e mālama i kanakolu coefficient i ka manawa. E like me kā mākou e ʻike koke ai, he hopena koʻikoʻi kēia kūlana.

I ka makahiki 1939, ua hoʻopau ʻo Atanasov i kāna kamepiula. I kēia manawa, pono ʻo ia i kekahi me ka ʻike kūpono e kūkulu ai. Ua loaʻa iā ia kēlā kanaka ma kahi puka ʻenekinia Iowa State Institute i kapa ʻia ʻo Clifford Berry. I ka hopena o ka makahiki, ua kūkulu ʻo Atanasov lāua ʻo Berry i kahi prototype liʻiliʻi. I ka makahiki aʻe ua hoʻopau lākou i kahi mana piha o ka kamepiula me kanakolu coefficient. I ka makahiki 1960, ua kapa ʻia kahi mea kākau i ʻeli i kā lākou moʻolelo ʻo ka Atanasoff-Berry Computer (ABC), a paʻa ka inoa. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻopau ʻia nā hemahema a pau. ʻO ka mea nui, ua hewa ʻo ABC ma kahi o hoʻokahi huahelu binary ma 10000, he mea make ia no kekahi helu nui.

Moʻolelo o nā kamepiula uila, Māhele 1: Prologue
ʻO Clifford Berry a me ABC i ka makahiki 1942

Eia naʻe, ma Atanasov a me kāna ABC hiki ke loaʻa i nā kumu a me nā kumu o nā kamepiula hou. ʻAʻole anei ʻo ia i hana (me ke kōkua ʻana o Berry) i ka computer digital digital binary mua? ʻAʻole anei kēia nā hiʻohiʻona kumu o nā piliona o nā mea hana e hana a hoʻokele i nā ʻoihana waiwai, nā hui, a me nā moʻomeheu a puni ka honua?

Akā, e hoʻi kāua. ʻO nā huaʻōlelo kikohoʻe a me ka binary ʻaʻole ia ka domain o ABC. No ka laʻana, ʻo ka Bell Complex Number Computer (CNC), i kūkulu ʻia a puni ka manawa like, he kamepiula kikohoʻe, binary, electromechanical computer hiki ke helu ma ka mokulele paʻakikī. Eia kekahi, ua like like ka ABC a me CNC no ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i nā pilikia ma kahi ʻāpana liʻiliʻi, a ʻaʻole hiki, ʻaʻole like me nā kamepiula o kēia wā, ke ʻae i kahi kaʻina kuhikuhi.

ʻO ka mea i koe he "electronic". Akā, ʻoiai ʻo ka loko makemakika o ABC he uila, ua hana ia ma ka wikiwiki electromechanical. ʻOiai ʻaʻole hiki iā Atanasov lāua ʻo Berry ke hoʻohana kālā i nā paipu māmā e mālama i nā tausani o nā huahelu binary, ua hoʻohana lākou i nā mea electromechanical e hana pēlā. ʻO kekahi mau haneli triodes, e hana ana i nā helu makemakika maʻamau, ua hoʻopuni ʻia e nā pahu wili a me nā mīkini punching whirring, kahi i mālama ʻia ai nā waiwai waena o nā pae helu helu āpau.

Ua hana ʻo Atanasov lāua ʻo Berry i kahi hana koʻikoʻi o ka heluhelu ʻana a me ke kākau ʻana i nā ʻikepili ma nā kāleka kuʻi me ka wikiwiki loa ma ke puhi ʻana iā lākou me ka uila ma mua o ke kuʻi ʻana iā lākou me ka mīkini. Akā, ua alakaʻi kēia i kāna mau pilikia ponoʻī: ʻo ia ka mea puhi ahi ke kuleana no ka hewa 1 no nā helu 10000. Eia kekahi, ʻoiai i ka maikaʻi loa, ʻaʻole hiki i ka mīkini ke "kuʻi" ʻoi aku ka wikiwiki ma mua o hoʻokahi laina i kekona, no laila hiki iā ABC ke hana i hoʻokahi helu helu i kēlā me kēia kekona me kēlā me kēia o kāna mau ʻāpana helu he kanakolu. No ke koena o ka manawa, noho palaualelo nā paipu hāmama, me ka hoʻomanawanui ʻole i ka "pahū ʻana i ko lākou mau manamana lima ma ka papa ʻaina" ʻoiai ʻo kēia mau mīkini a pau e hoʻohuli mālie a puni lākou. Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻo Atanasov lāua ʻo Berry i ka lio ʻoi loa i ke kaʻa mauʻu. (ʻO ke alakaʻi o ka papahana e hana hou i ka ABC i nā makahiki 1990 i manaʻo i ka wikiwiki o ka mīkini, me ka noʻonoʻo ʻana i nā manawa a pau i hoʻohana ʻia, me ka hana a ka mea hoʻohana i ka wehewehe ʻana i ka hana, i ʻelima mau hoʻohui a i ʻole nā ​​unuhi i kēlā me kēia kekona. ʻO kēia, ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻoi aku ka wikiwiki ma mua o ka lolouila kanaka, akā ʻaʻole like ka wikiwiki , a mākou e hui pū ai me nā kamepiula uila.)

Moʻolelo o nā kamepiula uila, Māhele 1: Prologue
kiʻi ABC. Ua mālama nā pahu i ka hoʻokomo manawa a me ka hoʻopuka ma nā capacitors. Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia a heluhelu ʻia nā hopena o kahi ʻanuʻu holoʻokoʻa o ka algorithm (e hoʻopau ana i kekahi o nā mea hoʻololi mai ka ʻōnaehana hoʻohālikelike).

Hoʻopau ka hana ma ABC i ka waena o 1942 i ka wā i kākau inoa ai ʻo Atanasoff lāua ʻo Berry no ka mīkini kaua US e ulu wikiwiki ana, e koi ana i nā lolo a me nā kino. Ua kāhea ʻia ʻo Atanasov i ka Naval Ordnance Laboratory ma Wakinekona e alakaʻi i kahi hui e hoʻomohala ana i nā mines acoustic. Ua male ʻo Berry i ke kākau ʻōlelo a Atanasov a loaʻa iā ia kahi hana ma kahi hui ʻaelike pūʻali koa ma Kaleponi e pale aku ai i ke kau ʻia ʻana i ke kaua. Ua ho'āʻoʻo Atanasov no kekahi manawa e patent i kāna hanaʻana ma ka moku'āinaʻo Iowa, akā,ʻaʻole i loaʻa. Ma hope o ke kaua, ua neʻe ʻo ia i nā mea ʻē aʻe a ʻaʻole i pili nui i nā kamepiula. Ua hoʻouna ʻia ke kamepiula ponoʻī i kahi pae ʻāina i ka makahiki 1948 e hana i kahi lumi ma ke keʻena no kahi haumāna puka hou mai ke kula.

Malia paha ua hoʻomaka koke ʻo Atanasov e hana. Ua hilinaʻi ʻo ia i nā haʻawina haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa o ke kulanui a hiki iā ia ke hoʻolilo i kahi mau kaukani kālā wale nō e hana ai i ka ABC, no laila ua ʻoi aku ka hoʻokele waiwai i nā hopohopo ʻē aʻe a pau i kāna papahana. Inā ua kali ʻo ia a hiki i ka makahiki 1940, ua loaʻa paha iā ia kahi haʻawina aupuni no kahi mea uila piha piha. A ma kēia moku'āina - palena ʻia i ka hoʻohana ʻana, paʻakikī ke hoʻomalu, hilinaʻi ʻole, ʻaʻole wikiwiki loa - ʻaʻole ʻo ABC he hoʻolaha hoʻolaha no nā pono o ka hoʻopili uila. ʻO ka mīkini kaua ʻAmelika, ʻoiai ʻo kāna pōloli helu āpau, ua haʻalele iā ABC e ʻōpala i ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Ames, Iowa.

Nā mīkini helu o ke kaua

Ua hoʻokumu a hoʻokumu ke Kaua Honua Mua i kahi ʻōnaehana hoʻopukapuka nui i ka ʻepekema a me ka ʻenehana, a hoʻomākaukau iā ia no ke Kaua Honua ʻElua. I loko o nā makahiki liʻiliʻi wale nō, ua hoʻololi ke ʻano o ke kaua ma ka ʻāina a me ke kai i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā kinoea ʻawaʻawa, nā mines magnetic, ka ʻike lewa a me ka pana ʻana, a pēlā aku. ʻAʻole hiki i ke alakaʻi kālaiʻāina a i ʻole ka pūʻali koa ke ʻike ʻole i nā loli wikiwiki. Ua wikiwiki loa lākou i hiki i ka noiʻi ke hoʻomaka i ka hikiwawe ke hoʻokuʻu i nā unahi ma kahi ʻaoʻao a i ʻole kekahi.

He nui nā lako a me nā lolo o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa (ʻo ka hapa nui o lākou i mahuka mai Hitler's Kelemānia) a ua kaʻawale mai nā hakakā koke no ke ola a me ka noho aupuni e pili ana i nā ʻāina ʻē. ʻO kēia ka mea i hiki ai i ka ʻāina ke aʻo pono i kēia haʻawina. Ua hōʻike ʻia kēia ma ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ua hoʻolaʻa ʻia nā waiwai ʻenehana a me nā ʻike no ka hana ʻana i ka mea kaua atomic mua. ʻO kahi waiwai liʻiliʻi i ʻike ʻia, akā ʻoi aku ka nui a i ʻole ka liʻiliʻi o ka hoʻopukapuka ʻana i ka ʻenehana radar i hoʻokumu ʻia ma MIT's Rad Lab.

No laila, ua loaʻa i ke kahua hoʻomaka o ka ʻikepili ʻakomi i kāna ʻāpana kālā o ka pūʻali koa, ʻoiai ma kahi ʻano liʻiliʻi. Ua ʻike mua mākou i ke ʻano o nā papahana electromechanical computing i hana ʻia e ke kaua. Ua ʻike ʻia ka mana o nā lolouila e pili ana i ka relay, no ka mea, ua hoʻohana ʻia nā hoʻololi kelepona me nā tausani o nā relay no nā makahiki he nui i ia manawa. ʻAʻole i hōʻoia nā ʻāpana uila i kā lākou hana ma ia ʻano. Manaʻo ka hapa nui o ka poʻe loea he hiki ʻole ke hilinaʻi ʻia kahi kamepiula uila (ʻo ABC kahi laʻana) a i ʻole e lōʻihi loa ke kūkulu ʻana. ʻOiai ke komo koke ʻana mai o ke kālā o ke aupuni, ʻaʻole liʻiliʻi nā papahana ʻelepona uila o ka pūʻali koa. ʻEkolu wale nō i hoʻokuʻu ʻia, a ʻelua wale nō o lākou i hopena i nā mīkini hana.

Ma Kelemānia, ua hōʻike ʻo Helmut Schreyer i kāna hoaloha ʻenehana kelepona i ka waiwai o ka mīkini uila ma luna o ka electromechanical "V3" a Zuse e kūkulu nei no ka ʻoihana mokulele (ʻike ʻia ma hope ʻo Z3). Ua ʻae ʻo Zuse e hana i kahi papahana ʻelua me Schreyer, a ua hāʻawi ka Aeronautical Research Institute e hoʻolilo i kahi prototype 100-tube i ka hopena o 1941. Akā, ua lawe mua nā kāne ʻelua i ka hana kaua kiʻekiʻe a laila ua lohi nui kā lākou hana e ka pōʻino pōʻino, me ka waiho ʻole ʻana iā lākou e hana pono i kā lākou mīkini.

Moʻolelo o nā kamepiula uila, Māhele 1: Prologue
Hana ʻo Zuse (ʻākau) lāua ʻo Schreyer (hema) ma kahi kamepiula electromechanical ma ke keʻena ʻo Berlin o nā mākua o Zuse

A ʻo ka lolouila uila mua i hana i nā hana pono i hana ʻia i loko o kahi keʻena huna ma Beretania, kahi i noi ai kahi ʻenekini kelepona i kahi ala hou radical i ka cryptanalysis e pili ana i ka valve. E hōʻike mākou i kēia moʻolelo i ka manawa aʻe.

He aha hou aʻe e heluhelu ai:

• ʻO Alice R. Burks lāua ʻo Arthur W. Burks, The First Electronic Computer: The Atansoff Story (1988)
• David Ritchie, The Computer Pioneers (1986)
• ʻO Jane Smiley, ke kanaka nāna i haku i ke kamepiula (2010)

Source: www.habr.com

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