Oh shit, rabbit hole incoming! How have I never heard of these things?
A 1950s Japanese computer that used "the Parametron, a logic element using ferrite cores and parametric oscillation" instead of relays, vacuum tubes, or point contact transistors.
https://ethw.org/Milestones:Parametron,_1954
#ee #computerengineering
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