The Elea was a series of mainframe computers that Olivetti began developing in the late 1950s, built entirely with transistors for high performance and conceived, designed and developed by a small group of researchers led by Mario Tchou, with industrial design by Ettore Sottsass. The ELEA 9003 was the first solid-state computer designed and manufactured in Italy, and about forty units of the Elea line were placed with customers before Olivetti sold its mainframe business to General Electric in August 1964.
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SignificanceThe Olivetti ELEA 9001 was the first solid-state computer designed and manufactured in Italy, completed in 1957. 1 Sources
1. Wikipedia: Olivetti Elea
Wikimedia FoundationGenerations section, ELEA 9001 entry, sentence on its spring 1957 completion
The system was completed in spring 1957 and was later sent to Ivrea where for six years it controlled the Olivetti production warehouses.
Lead paragraph, sentence naming the ELEA 9001 as first Italian solid-state computer
The ELEA 9001 was the first solid-state computer designed and manufactured in Italy.
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