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Titan was the prototype of the Atlas 2 computer developed by Ferranti and the University of Cambridge Mathematical Laboratory in Cambridge, England. It was designed starting in 1963, and in operation from 1964 to 1973. ==History== In 1961, the University of Cambridge found itself unable to fund a suitably powerful computer for its needs at the time, so the University purchased from Ferranti the main Atlas processing units and then jointly designed the memory and peripheral equipment.〔 The joint effort led to a cheaper and simpler version of the Atlas that Ferranti could market, leaving Cambridge with the prototype version, named Titan. The Atlas hardware arrived in Cambridge in 1963, although software design was already underway.〔 David Wheeler was in charge of the joint effort between the University and Ferranti.〔 In 1965 the Cambridge side of the team decided to add a time sharing facility for Titan, necessitating the acquisition of additional hardware.〔 When Titan came into full service in 1966, time sharing was available for all staff.〔 Titan was finally switched off in October 1973.〔 Ferranti, by then a division of International Computers and Tabulators (ICT), marketed the Titan as the Atlas 2. Although intended to be more affordable than the Atlas, its price was still over £1 million. A second Atlas 2 was built in Manchester, and was installed at the Computer-Aided Design Centre (CADCentre) on Madingley Road together with the Cambridge Titan supervisor. This machine, the last Atlas, was finally switched off on 21 December 1976.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Computing Futures Museum )〕 A third Atlas 2 was ordered by the UK's Atomic Weapons Research Establishment at Aldermaston. It replaced the faster but much more expensive IBM 7030 Stretch which had been leased from IBM. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Titan (computer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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