Setun
Sign in to saveSetun () was a computer developed in 1958 at Moscow State University. It was built under the leadership of Sergei Sobolev and Nikolay Brusentsov. It was the first modern ternary computer, using the balanced ternary numeral system and three-valued ternary logic instead of the two-valued binary logic prevalent in other computers.
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- Setun
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- File:Setun computer, from Sputnik in 1959.png
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- A photo of a Setun computer in 1959.
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- Sergei Sobolev and Nikolay Brusentsov at Moscow State University
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- Kazan Mathematical plant
- Information appliance.lifespan
- 1959–1965
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- 50
- Information appliance.successor
- Setun-70
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- Setun computer, from Sputnik in 1959.png
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- Сетунь
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- 1959-00-00
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13 sectionsContents
- Overview
- History
- Initiation of the project
- Setun computer
- Setun-70 computer
- End of the Setun project
- Adoption and application
- Critics
- Ternary compared to binary
- Advantages
- Disadvantages
- See also
- References
Setun () was a computer developed in 1958 at Moscow State University. It was built under the leadership of Sergei Sobolev and Nikolay Brusentsov. It was the first modern ternary computer, using the balanced ternary numeral system and three-valued ternary logic instead of the two-valued binary logic prevalent in other computers.
==Overview== The computer was built to fulfill the needs of Moscow State University. It was manufactured at the Kazan Mathematical plant. Fifty computers were built from 1959 until 1965, when production was halted. The characteristic operating memory consisted of 81 words of memory, each word composed of 18 trits (ternary digits) with additional 1944 words on magnetic drum (total of about 7 KB). Between 1965 and 1970, a regular binary computer was used at Moscow State University to replace it. Although this replacement binary computer performed equally well, it was 2.5 times the cost of the Setun.