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title: "IBM704"
type: concept
related: [Ibm704]
source: https://www.jemoka.com/posts/kbhibm704/
confidence: high
status: active
---

The IBM704 is the first mass-produced floating point computation computer (&ldquo;pretty much the only computer that could handle complex math&rdquo;); 12,000 floating point additions per second. IBM built 123 such machines between 1955-1960.
