Historical committment

• History: Classical analog computing has a rich history. The technology not only predates digital computing by a long time, dating back to the antique Greek Antikythera mechanism and producing curious approaches such as the Russian water integrators. In particular, in the mid 1900s electronical analog computing was the dominant computing technology for industrial simulations with a rich set of applications in various verticals. The flight to the moon would not have been possible without an analog computer steering the rocket.
• Museums: Our founders run internationally recognized private computer museums, in particular the unique https://analogmuseum.org, which is world’s largest exhibition of classical analog computers, but also about general computing history as in https://technikum29.de.
• Passion: We do analog computing for a very long time and understand every little detail about it. Out co-founder Bernd Ulmann built the first modern analog computer based on discrete CMOS computers, the Analog Paradigm Model-1. In 2020, this machine was an starting asset for the anabrid company, however it is now long phased out.
• Learning: Understanding history means avoiding to repeat mistakes from the past. Analog computing was mature already 50 years ago and we are in the unique position world wide to make it big again.
• Heritage: We support the preservation of historical knowledge for the sake of culture. We safeguard the legacy of analog computing. This is also a social self-image which is reflected in our educational mission. In order to support that, we created, for instance, The Analog Thing.
• Representation of Interests for the Future of Computer Engineering in Germany and Europe
• We support Industry Associations for unconventional and underrated computing approaches such as analog computing