- AN/UYK-7
The AN/UYK-7 was the standard
32-bit computer of theUnited States Navy forsurface ship andsubmarine platforms, starting in 1970. [http://vipclubmn.org/milestones.aspx Milestones ] ] It was first used in the Navy'sAegis combat system , but was later employed in a variety of ships of the U.S. Navy,U.S. Coast Guard [ [http://www.uscg.mil/directives/ci/8000-8999/CI_8274_1A.pdf AN/UYK-7 MAINTENANCE ASSIST MODULE (MAM) KITS ] ] , and the navies of U.S. allies. [ [http://www.cc.gatech.edu/~randy/folklore/v3n2.html Unisys History Newsletter] ] It was also used by theU.S. Army . [ [http://www.sed.monmouth.army.mil/comm/dds/EPLRS.htm CECOM SEC Communications Software Engineering Support Division ] ] Built byUNISYS , it used integrated circuits, had 18-bit addressing and could support multiple CPUs and I/O controllers (3 CPUs and 2 I/O controllers were a common configuration). And airborne version, the UNIVAC 1832, was also produced.In the mid-1980s, the UYK-7 was replaced by the
AN/UYK-43 which shared the sameinstruction set . Retired systems are being cannibalized for repair parts to support systems still in use by U.S. and non-U.S. forces. [ [http://www.chips.navy.mil/archives/98_apr/Legacy.htm Logistics Support for Legacy Systems: ] ]References
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AN/UYK-20 16-bit computerExternal links
* [http://www.usfamily.net/web/labenson/Computers32.htm AN/UYK-7 Info]
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