An Wang: The MIT Scientist Who Pioneered Personal Computing
An Wang: The MIT Scientist Who Pioneered Personal Computing An Wang is one of the most renowned computer pioneers of all time. Over the course of his impressive career, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) scientist carved out a place for himself in the history books by helping to create the modern personal computer. Wang’s journey into computing began as an intern working in the MIT Computation Center in 1949, where he wrote an algorithm that could solve multi-level programming problems. This algorithm enabled Wang to produce a line of Wang Laboratories computers, which eventually gave birth to the modern day personal computer. In 1964, Wang developed a process that was able to read data with magnetic-core memory. This invention allowed Wang to create a computer the size of a filing cabinet, which completely revolutionized the changing computing industry. Coupled with An Wang’s impressive business sense, the Wang Laboratories became a multi-million dollar company by the ti...