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The Eckert–Mauchly Computer Corporation (EMCC) (March 1946 – 1950) was a computer company founded by J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly. It was incorporated on December 22, 1947. After building the ENIAC at the University of Pennsylvania, Eckert and Mauchly formed EMCC to build new computer designs for commercial and military applications.
J Presper Eckert and John Mauchly, after leaving the academic environment of The Moore School of Engineering to start their own computer business, found their first client was the United States Census Bureau.
John William Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert are the scientists credited with the invention of the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (ENIAC), the first general-purpose electronic digital computer completed in 1946. Mauchly was born August 30, 1907 in Cincinnati, Ohio.
In 1947, the company changed its name to the Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation. Two additional contracts to build computers were signed – with A.C. Nielson and Prudential Life Insurance Company – with badly needed cash advances to fund continuing product investment.
The following year Mauchly and Eckert formed a computer-manufacturing firm, and in 1949 they announced the Binary Automatic Computer (BINAC), which used magnetic tape instead of punched cards.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Together, Mauchly and Eckert started the first computer company, the Eckert–Mauchly Computer Corporation (EMCC), and pioneered fundamental computer concepts, including the stored program, subroutines, and programming languages.
The Eckert–Mauchly Computer Corporation (originally founded as a partnership, the Electronic Control Company) was an early manufacturer of computers. Started by John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert, they were effectively what later became known as a 'spin-off' from the ENIAC project.
