Daderot, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Type: Electronic digital computer
Presentation and Sale Period: Presented on April 20, 1951; not sold commercially (only one unit produced)
Dimensions and Weight: 185 m², 9.1 tons
Processor: 16-bit parallel processing units composed of approximately 5,000 vacuum tubes in total
Memory: 2048 words (4 KB)
Operating System: none
Notes: Whirlwind I held the record for world's most powerful computer from 1951 to 1954. It was also the first computer to use magnetic-core memory.
