| Nikolay Brusentsov | |
|---|---|
| Born |
February 7, 1925 Kamianske Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR |
| Died | December 4, 2014 (aged 89) Moscow, Russia |
| Residence |
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| Fields | Mathematical Cybernetics |
| Institutions | Moscow State University |
| Alma mater | Moscow Power Engineering Institute |
Nikolay Petrovich Brusentsov (Russian: Никола́й Петро́вич Брусенцо́в; 7 February 1925 in Kamenskoe, Ukrainian SSR – 4 December 2014) was a Russian computer scientist, most famous for having built a (balanced) ternary computer, Setun, together with Sergei Sobolev in 1958. In 1970 he design Setun 70 where was implemented principals proposed for RISC architecture independently later. He died on 4 December 2014.