CraftingMemories

64 bits of Crafted Memory

Hilda Carpenter (4th of left, 2nd row)

A brief history of memory

Non-Volatile or static memory (data storage)

• Paper data storage (1725)
  • Jacquard Loom
  • Atanasoff-Berry computer
• Drum memory (1932)
  • could be seen as a predecessor of the hard disk
• Magnetic-core memory (1949)
  • first reliable random access memory
• Plated wire memory (1957)
• Thin-film memory (1962)
• Twistor memory (~1968)
• Bubble memory (~1970)

Volatile or non-static memory (working memory)

• Williams–Kilburn tube (1946–47)
• Delay line memory (1947)
• Selectron tube(1953)

Resources

• Byte Magazine article on Ferrite Core Memory and adding currents
• Report on the Core Memory Arduino shield we will try to build
• Military instruction video on magnetic core technology
• Dr. Bernard Widrow shows us his Memory Plane
• The core memory shield website
• The WDKA GitHub with all files and arduino code
• Illustrator layout
• MICA workshop wiki page