UNIVAC LARC

By admin , 15 December 2015
UNIVAC LARC
Description

The UNIVAC LARC (Livermore Advanced Research Computer) was Remington Rand's first attempt at building a supercomputer. It was designed for multiprocessing with 2 CPUs (called Computers) and an Input/output (I/O) Processor (called the Processor).

Only two LARCs were built:

1.The first was delivered to Livermore in June 1960.
2.The second was delivered to the Navy's David Taylor Model Basin.

Year First Manufactured
1960

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