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Forrester developed coincident-current magnetic-core memory while leading the MIT Whirlwind project.
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Fast, reliable storage is an engineering problem separate from arithmetic logic. The Whirlwind project joined memory development with a complete computer system.
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Forrester developed coincident-current magnetic-core memory while leading the MIT Whirlwind project.
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- Jay W. Forrester — Computer History Museum — Biography, Whirlwind and core memory
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- Jay W. Forrester — Computer History Museum — Biography, Whirlwind and core memory
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