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ENIAC, the Army's electronic computer dedicated in 1946, weighed over 30 tons and drew almost 200 kilowatts of power. It was built to compute artillery firing tables.
ILLUSTRATION · AIENIAC, dedicated in 1946 to compute Army firing tables, weighed over 30 tons.
ENIAC was developed under contract for U.S. Army Ordnance to compute ballistic firing tables. It was formally dedicated at the University of Pennsylvania's Moore School of Electrical Engineering on February 15, 1946, and accepted by the Ordnance Department in July 1946.
Its 30 separate units, plus power supply and forced-air cooling, weighed over 30 tons, and its vacuum tubes, relays and other components consumed almost 200 kilowatts of electrical power.
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