1. Computers CmpE 101 Supplements By Dr. Atilla Elçi CmpE 101 Supplement

2. Mechanical • Photos: Jaipur Observatory • The Jaipur Observatoryby Maurice AUDEJEAN CmpE 101 Supplement

3. As it’s envisaged in 1954s:Home Computer in the year 2004! This is an urban legend (hoax): See CmpE 101 Supplement

4. Fastest Computer Guinness World Records 2003 sites the NEC Earth Simulator at Yokohama Institute of Earth Sciences which: • Is capable of carrying out 35.6 trillion operations / second; • Is designed to simulate Earth’s climate change and global warming; • Has 5,104 processors • Occupies an area about four tennis courts. CmpE 101 Supplement

5. Oldest Computer Guinness World Records 2003 sites: The first fully automated, software-driven computer was called “Baby”: • Desinged and run by Tom Kilburn & Freddie Williams (UK); • On June 21, 1948; • Used to compute the highest factor of 218; • By a program of 17 instructions. CmpE 101 Supplement