Ferranti Atlas 2

Atlas 2 is a new, smaller version of the Ferranti Atlas Computer. Atlas 1, the original version, was developed jointly by Ferranti Limited and the Department of Electrical Engineering at Manchester University, and represents a distinct advance in the world of computer design, not only in its size and speed but in the novel method in which the machine itself organizes its work to ensure the fullest possible utilization of all its component parts, enabling it to provide enormous computing power at extremely low cost per operation. The Ferranti Atlas Computing Service commenced work on the Manchester machine in January, 1963.