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Analog Computers: History, Functions, and Real-World Applications

A computer that processes analog data is known as an analog computer. Analog computers store information in physical quantities in a continuous format and use measurements to perform computation.
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Scientists Found a Hidden Computer From the Roman Empire—and Solved Its Mysterious Secret

Built around the beginning of the 1st century BCE, the Antikythera Mechanism is the oldest known analog computer in human history, and there’s an enduring mystery surrounding what it was used for. Now ...
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A New Study Shakes Up Our Understanding of the World’s First Analog Computer

Ever since being salvaged by sponge divers in the Greek Mediterranean in 1901, the Antikythera mechanism has captured the imaginations of archaeologists and scientists with penchant for antiquity. A ...
Electronic Design

So…Use of Analog Computers is “A Question of Time” (Part 1)

Our new tech editor for Analog looks at the evolution of “analog” and how it inadvertently spun off a pop music genre. Operational Amplifiers are exactly that—amplifiers that can perform mathematical ...
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Analog Optical Computer For Inference And Combinatorial Optimization

Although computers are overwhelmingly digital today, there’s a good point to be made that analog computers are the more efficient approach for specific applications. The authors behind a ...