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"So it's a myth that ENIAC could only add, subtract, multiply and divide. No, that's a calculator. ENIAC could do three-dimensional, second-order differential
by madengr 11y ago
"So it's a myth that ENIAC could only add, subtract, multiply and divide.
No, that's a calculator. ENIAC could do three-dimensional, second-order differential equations."
Did ENIAC have a hardware multiplier? The article seems to indicate it did. Other than that, it does just add. Nothing wrong with that, as that is all that's needed for most numerical solutions.
- mzs 11y agoYes it did, but it was more like this: 1234567890 * 11 1234567890 1 2345678900 + shifts, adds, carries in the same register, and caries into another register. The fewer digits, the faster it took.