Ural (Computer)

Ural is numerically the most important series of computers of the first generation that were built in the Soviet Union 1959-1964. From this tube computers ( model Ural Ural - 1 to 4), a total of 139 plants were produced in Penza. As a memory core memory served. Punch cards were as input and output media in use. The footprint was just under 100 square feet. With about 12,000 floating point calculations per second, the Urals series was significantly behind in terms of performance contemporary western computers. The chief designer of the computer system was Bashir Iskanderowitsch Ramejew. A sequel series was built from 1964 to 1971, had the model numbers Ural Ural - 11 to 14 and worked on more modern semiconductor basis.