1. John Vincent Atanasoff

2. Information on John Vincent Antanasoff  John Vincent Atanasoff was born in Hamilton, New York October 4,1903 and he died June 15, 1995. He was an American physicist and inventor, best known for inventing the first electronic digital computer

3. Early life and education  Atanasoff was raised by his parents in Brewster, Florida. At the age of nine he learned to use a slide rule, followed shortly by the study of logarithms, and subsequently completed high school at Mulberry High School in two years. In 1925, Atanasoff received his bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering from the University of Florida, graduating with straight A's.

4. Computer development

5. Cont.  The key ideas employed in the ABC included binary math and Boolean logic to solve up to 29 simultaneous linear equations. The ABC had no central processing unit (CPU), but was designed as an electronic device using vacuum tubes for digital computation. It also used separate regenerative capacitor memory that operated by a process still used today in DRAM memory.