Fast Universal Digital Computer M-2

The Fast Universal Digital Computer M-2

М-2 was developed in the Laboratory of Electrical Systems in the Institute of Energy of the USSR Academy of Science (the Laboratory of Controlling Machines and Systems at AS USSR since 1957, the Institute of Electronic Controlling Machines since 1958) under the direction of an AS associate I.S. Brouk.

The computer was developed and assembled in the period between April and December, 1952. Since 1953, M-2 was used for solving applied problems on round-the-clock basis. In the winter of 1955 and later in 1956, the computer was essentially upgraded, the capacity of its ferrite core-based main memory reached the amount of 4096 numbers. The ferromagnetic memory was developed for M-2 by the team directed by M. A. Kartsev (It also included O. V. Rosnitcky, L. V. Ivanov, E. N. Filinov, V. I. Zolotarevsky).