Eckert-mauchly computer corp
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Eckert–Mauchly Computer Corporation
American company
The Eckert–Mauchly Computer Corporation (EMCC) (March &#;&#; ) was a computer company founded by J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly. It was incorporated on December 22, After building the ENIAC at the University of Pennsylvania, Eckert and Mauchly formed EMCC to build new computer designs for commercial and military applications. The company was initially called the Electronic Control Company, changing its name to Eckert–Mauchly Computer Corporation when it was incorporated. In , the company was sold to Remington Rand, which later merged with Sperry Corporation to become Sperry Rand, and survives today as Unisys.
Founding
[edit]Before founding Eckert–Mauchly Computer Corporation, Mauchly researched the computing needs of potential clients. Over a period of six months in he prepared memos and kept detailed notes of his conversations. For instance, Mauchly met with United States Census Bureau official William Madow to
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First computer start-up
The first computing start-up was the Eckert–Mauchly Computer Corporation, founded bygd American researchers J Presper Eckert and John Mauchly (both USA) on 8 December The company was created to build and sell computers, supported bygd the portfolio of patents filed bygd its two founders during their work on ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer) at the University of Pennsylvania's Moore School of Electrical Engineering.
Eckert and Mauchly had begun thinking about how their inventions might be commercialized as early as Interviews with officials from the US Census Bureau and the Army meddelande Corps persuaded them that there would be a market for electronic computers in the post-war era. In March , shortly after ENIAC was unveiled to the public, the two left the University of Pennsylvania to avoid having to sign over their patents to the university, and began looking for investors.
The young company was staffed in large part bygd Eckert and Mauchly&#
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Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation
The Eckert–Mauchly Computer Corporation (originally founded as a partnership, the Electronic Control Company) was an early manufacturer of computers. Started by John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert, they were effectively what later became known as a 'spin-off' from the ENIAC project.
Among their products were the BINAC, and their planned first major product, the UNIVAC I, which came out after their acquisition.
The failing (in business terms, not technical ones) Eckert–Mauchly Computer Corporation was acquired by Remington Rand, in
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Further reading
- Nancy B. Stern, From ENIAC to UNIVAC: An Appraisal of the Eckert-Mauchly Computers, Digital Press, Bedford,
- Arthur Lawrence Norberg; Computers and Commerce: A Study of Technology and Management at Eckert-Mauchly Computer Company, Engineering Research Associates, and Remington Rand; MI