In the 1960s,efforts to design and develop the fastest possible computer with the greatest capacity
reached a turning point with the LARC machine,built for the Livermore Radiation Laboratories of the
University of California by the Sperry - Rand Corporation,and the Stretch computer by IBM.The LARC
had a base memory of 98,000 words and multiplied in 10 Greek MU seconds.Stretch was made with
several degrees of memory having slower access for the ranks of greater capacity,the fastest access
time being less then 1 Greek MU Second and the total capacity in the vicinity of 100,000,000 words