Wisconsin Integrally Synchronized Computer

The Wisconsin Integrally Synchronized Computer (WISC) was an early digital computer designed and built at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

Pioneering computer designer Gene Amdahl drafted the WISC's design as his PhD thesis.

It had 1,024 50-bit words (equivalent to about 6 KB) of drum memory, with an operation time of 1/15 second and throughput of 60 operations per second, which was achieved by an early form of instruction pipeline.

[2] It was capable of both fixed and floating point operation.

[3] The WISC is part of the permanent collection of the Computer History Museum.