ENIAC

Computing1945Mauchly and EckertUSA

InventorMauchly and Eckert

Year1945

CategoryComputing

OriginUSA

About ENIAC

The first general-purpose electronic computer. Occupied 167 square meters and consumed 150 kilowatts. Programmed by six women, not acknowledged for decades. Could calculate artillery trajectories in 30 seconds that took humans 20 hours. Weighed 30 tons.

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