October 21, 1949: Wang Patents Magnetic Ferrite Core Memory

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Wang Ferrite Core Memory
Wang Ferrite Core Memory

1949 -An Wang files a patent for magnetic core memory using ferrite. It was entitled “pulse transfer controlling devices.” This was the first sign and the rise of Wang industries – a company that would be a dominant computer to IBM until it’s fall in 1992.

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