Title
Connection Machine CM-1Catalog Number
X1124.93Type
Physical objectDescription
The CM-1 is a massively parallel supercomputer. Parallel processing relies on making connections: coordinating multiple processors for a single task. CM-1 has a Single Instruction Multiple Data (SIMD) overall architecture, where a single instruction operates on multiple data words simultaneously. In the full 65,535 processor version, the CM-1 had 16 1-bit processors per processor chip, for a total of 4,096 processor chips. The 65,536 simple single-bit processors interconnected in a 12-dimensional hypercube. Its applications included real-time stock market trading, artificial intelligence, fluid dynamics, and more.This CM-1 is comprised of eight cubical sub-frames most of which contain large PCBs mounted vertically. All but one of the sub-frames are enclosed in locked covers. One sub-frame cover is unlocked and rolled back to expose the PCBs.
Date
1985Manufacturer
Thinking Machines CorporationPlace Manufactured
U.S.Identifying Numbers
Model number | CM-1 |