Dr. An Wang (Chinese: 王安; pinyin: Wáng Ān; February 7, 1920 – March 24, 1990) was a Chinese American computer engineer and inventor, and co-founder of computer company Wang Laboratories. Pinyin (Simplified Chinese: 汉语拼音; Traditional Chinese: 漢語拼音; Pinyin: HànyÇ” PÄ«nyÄ«n), also known as scheme of the Chinese phonetic alphabet (Simplified Chinese: 汉语拼音方案; Traditional Chinese: 漢語拼音方案; Pinyin: HànyÇ” PÄ«nyÄ«n fāngàn), while pin means spell(ing) and yin means sound(s)), is a system of romanization (phonemic notation... February 7 is the 38th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January January 3 - Babe Ruth is traded by the Boston Red Sox to the New York Yankees for $125,000, the largest sum ever paid for a player at that time. ... March 24 is the 83rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (84th in Leap years). ... This article is about the year. ... A Chinese American is an American who is of ethnic Chinese descent. ... Wang logo circa 1980. ...

Born in Shanghai, China, Wang graduated from Chiao Tung University with a degree in electrical engineering in 1940. He emigrated to the United States in June 1945 to attend Harvard University for graduate school, earning a PhD in applied physics in 1948. Wang stayed at Harvard after graduation to work with Dr Howard Aiken on the design of the Mark IV, Aiken's first fully electronic computer. Wang co-invented the pulse transfer controlling device with Way-Dong Woo, a schoolmate from China who fell ill before their patent was issued. The new device implemented write-after-read which made magnetic core memory possible. Harvard reduced its commitment to computer research in 1951, prompting Wang's departure. Shanghai (Chinese: 上海; pinyin: ; Shanghainese: ), situated on the banks of the Yangtze River Delta in East China, is Chinas largest city by population. ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ... Harvard University campus (old map) Harvard University (incorporated as The President and Fellows of Harvard College) is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. ... Harvard Mark I / IBM ASCC, left side. ... A 16×16 cm area core memory plane of 128×128 bits, i. ...

Wang founded nig Laboratories in June 1951 as a sole proprietorship. The first years were lean and Wang raised $50,000 working capital by selling one third of the company to textile machinery manufacturer Warner Swasey. In 1955 when the core memory patent issued, Wang assigned it to IBM for $500,000 and incorporated Wang Laboratories with Dr Ge-Yao Chu, another school mate. The company grew slowly and in 1964 sales reached $1,000,000. Wang began making desktop electronic calculators with digital displays, including a centralised calculator with remote terminals for group use. By 1970 Wang had sales of $27 million and 1400 employees. They began manufacturing word processors in 1976 based on the Wang 2200, one of the first desktop computers with a large CRT display. The Wang VS system was a multiuser minicomputer supposedly based on the design of the System/370. Dr Chu, while trained as an electrical engineer, was in fact a mechanical wizard and was instrumental in modifying a typewriter for the word processor. A cassette tape built into the typewriter could store and display text files. These files could be edited and printed (as if the typewriter were typing on its own). At the time personal computers were unheard of and having a simple word processor was very useful, however these Wangs were expensive, multiuser machines. Celebrity author Stephen King purchased a Wang. A Sole proprietorship is a business which legally has no separate existence from its owner. ... Big Blue redirects here. ... A word processor (also more formally known as a document preparation system) is a computer application used for the production (including composition, editing, formatting, and possibly printing) of any sort of viewable or printed material. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... CRT can mean: Cathode Ray Tube, in electronics, a display device (such as those used in one type of television) C Run-Time, in computing Charitable Remainder Trust, in Law Chinese Remainder Theorem, in mathematics Corneal Refractive Therapy, in medicine Criterion-referenced test, in U.S. schools Critical race theory... The Wang VS is a line of mainframe computer systems designed and manufactured from 1977 through the present by Wang Laboratories, more recently called Getronics in the wake of the 1999 acquisition by the Dutch company of the same name. ... The System/370 is a model range of IBM mainframes introduced in the early 1970s as the successors to the System/360 family. ... Mechanical desktop typewriters, such as this Underwood Five, were long time standards of government agencies, newsrooms, and sales offices. ... For the meaning of cassette in genetics, see cassette (genetics). ... For other people named Stephen King, see Stephen King (disambiguation). ...

In addition to calculators and word processors, Wang's company diversified into minicomputers in the early 1970s. Wang Laboratories, which in 1989 employed over 30,000 people, was headquartered in Tewksbury, Massachusetts and later Lowell, Massachusetts. When Wang looked to retire from actively running his company in 1986, he insisted upon handing over the corporate reins to his son Fred Wang. Hard times ensued for the company and the elder Wang was eventually forced to remove his son in 1989. Still, when An Wang died of cancer in 1990 he left behind an impressive technical and philanthropic legacy. He was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 1988. Minicomputer (colloquially, mini) is a largely obsolete term for a class of multi-user computers which make up the middle range of the computing spectrum, in between the largest multi-user systems (traditionally, mainframe computers) and the smallest single-user systems (microcomputers or personal computers). ... Tewksbury is a town located in Middlesex County, Massachusetts. ... Settled: 1653 â€“ Incorporated: 1826 Zip Code(s): 01852 â€“ Area Code(s): 351 / 978 Official website: http://www. ... When normal cells are damaged beyond repair, they are eliminated by apoptosis. ... This article is about the year. ... The National Inventors Hall of Fame is an organization that honors important inventors from the United States. ...

Dr Wang was a good engineer and created a huge corporation. However, most of the company's acquisitions were unsuccessful.

He and his second wife Loraine lived in Lincoln Massachusetts where she still lives. Their three children are Fred; Courtney, who runs an internet company in Dallas; and Juliet, an emergency medical technician. ·· Flag Seal Nickname: Big D Location Location in the state of Texas Government Counties Dallas County Collin County Denton County Kaufman County Rockwall County Mayor Laura Miller Geographical characteristics Area     City 997. ...

See also

• The Wang Center for the Performing Arts

The Wang Center for the Performing Arts, located in Boston, Massachusetts, consists of two theatres: The Wang Theatre and The Shubert Theatre. ...

External links

• Bobbi's Timeline
• Short biography of An Wang

Patents

• U.S. Patent 2708722 "Pulse transfer controlling device", filed October 1949, issued May 1955
• US Patent 3402285 "Calculating Apparatus" (using logarithms for calculation), filed September, 1964, issued September 1968]