Mar 24, 2024
Originally presented at VCF SoCal in February of 2024.
The cryotron, a superconductive switch, almost revolutionized computing. It's one of those fascinating near misses. In this episode we are talking about the history of the cryotron, how the NSA and supercomputing factors into the mix, and the current state of...
Mar 11, 2024
This is going to be a wild
rambling ride. In 1939 a computer called Nimatron was made. It was
one of the earliest digital electronic computers in the world. It
did one thing: play a game called Nim. Over a decade later, in
1951, another Nim machine hit the scene. This computer called
Nimrod, was designed to demonstrate...
