Magnetic core memory

Claim 1

IN A MAGNETIC CORE STORAGE DEVICE, A THREE-DIMENSIONAL STORAGE MATRIX COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF PLANES EACH MADE UP OF ROWS AND COLUMNS OF BISTABLE MAGNETIC CORE ELEMENTS, INDIVIDUAL CORE ELEMENTS BEING ADAPTED TO STORE BIT INFORMATION AND GROUPS OF CORE ELEMENTS BEING ADAPTED TO STORE WORD INFORMATION, MEANS FOR WRITING WORD INFORMATION WINDINGS INDUCTIVELY COUPLED TO SAID Y-AXIS AND INHIBIT WINDINGS INDUCTIVELY COUPLED TO SAID GOUPS OF CORE ELEMENTS, WRITE DRIVERS CONNECTED TO EACH OF SAID X-AXIS AND Y-AXIS WINDINGS, READ DRIVERS CONNECTED TO EACH OF SAID INHIBIT WINDINGS, AN ADDRESS REGISTER, AN X DECODER AND A Y DECODER COUPLED TO SAID ADDRESS REGISTER AND BEING ARRANGED TO EXCITE PREDETERMINED ONES OF SAID WRITE DRIVERS TO ENEGIZE THE X-AXIS AND Y-AXIS WINDINGS OF A SELECTED GROUP OF CORE ELEMENTS, EACH OF SAID INHIBIT WINDINGS BEING CONNECTED THROUGH ITS ASSOCIATED READ DRIVER TO AN OUTPUT TERMINAL OF A DIFFERENT ONE OF A PLURALITY OF FLIP-FLOP CIRCUITS, WHEREBY SAID INHIBIT WINDING READ DRIVERS MAY BE EXCITED TO ENERGIZE SELECTED ONES OF SAID INHIBIT WINDINGS, MEANS FOR READING WORD INFORMATION OUT OF SAID MATRIX COMPRISING READ DRIVERS CONNECTED TO SAID X-AXIS AND Y-AXIS WINDINGS AND WORD SENSE WINDINGS INDUCTIVELY RELATED TO SAID GROUPS OF CORE ELEMENTS, WHEREBY THE EXCITATION OF THE X-AXIS AND Y-AXIS READ DRIVERS OF A SELECTED GROUP OF CORE ELEMENTS PRODUCES OUTPUT SIGNALS IN SAID WORD SENSE WINDINGS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STABLE CONDITIONS OF THE CORE ELEMENTS OF THE GROUP, MEANS INCLUDING BIT SENSE WINDINGS COUPLED TO SAID CORE ELEMENTS FOR READING OUT OF THE STORAGE MATRIX SIMULTANEOUSLY THE BIT INFORMATION STORED IN A PLURALITY OF SAID INDIVIDUAL CORE ELEMENTS UPON EXCITATION OF SELECTED ONES OF SAID Y-AXIS AND INHIBIT WINDINGS, AND MEANS FOR REWRITING THE READOUT BIT INFORMATION INTO SAID MATRIX.