A superconductive associative memory

  • Authors:
  • Paul M. Davies

  • Affiliations:
  • Abacus, Inc., Santa Monica, California

  • Venue:
  • AIEE-IRE '62 (Spring) Proceedings of the May 1-3, 1962, spring joint computer conference
  • Year:
  • 1962
  • A cryotron catalog memory system

    AIEE-IRE '56 (Eastern) Papers and discussions presented at the December 10-12, 1956, eastern joint computer conference: New developments in computers

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Abstract

The general properties of an associative memory are explained, and their advantages relative to a random access memory discussed. Then, a superconductive mechanization of such a memory is described which is based upon the cross film cryotron. The memory requires 5 cryotrons per bit and 9 cryotrons for a control module associated with each word. Any combination of bits of the word can be used as the key, and any number of records in the memory can be identified and read out as the result of a single association. The speed of various circuits in the memory is approximated and some applications are suggested.