Kilburn and colleagues: the Atlas one-level storage system

What changed

Described an implemented one-level store using automatic block transfers and address translation.

Scientific scope

The record is the exact four-author 1962 IRE Transactions on Electronic Computers paper. It does not claim sole invention of virtual memory, absorb all Atlas engineering contributors or cover later paging and replacement algorithms.

Evidence

The linked sources identify this contribution and its scope. WRS has not independently reconstructed the scientific claims. The record is the exact four-author 1962 IRE Transactions on Electronic Computers paper. It does not claim sole invention of virtual memory, absorb all Atlas engineering contributors or cover later paging and replacement algorithms.

Contributors

• Tom Kilburn · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.
• David B. G. Edwards · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.
• Michael J. Lanigan · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.
• Frank H. Sumner · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.

• IEEE DOI for Atlas one-level storage paper
• DBLP record for Atlas one-level storage paper

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