SILLIAC was an early computer built by the University of Sydney, Australia, based on the ILLIAC and ORDVAC computers developed at the University of Illinois.
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SignificanceIts first scientific computation was carried out in June 1956 by PhD student Bob May. 1 Sources
1. SILLIAC, Wikipedia
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SILLIAC's first scientific computation was carried out by PhD student Bob May (later Robert May, Baron May of Oxford) in June 1956.
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