Computer History Museum

7600 supercomputer section

A label affixed to the front reads: "CDC 7600 S/N 1 - Delivered 01/69 retired 10/88 Cost: $5.1 million - 36 million operations per second - 4,000,000 bytes (chars) magnetic core memory - Small core memory: 65,000 60-bit words - Large core memory: 512,000 60-bit words - 3, 360 modules - 120 miles of wire"

7600 supercomputer section - Image 1

Item Details

Date
Circa 1969 (Made)
Type
Physical Object
Catalogue number
X1385.97U
Other identifying number
1 (SERIAL NUMBER)
7600 (MODEL NUMBER)
Organization
Control Data Corporation (CDC) (Manufacturer)
Category
Supercomputer
Credit line
Gift of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Place of publication
USA
Dimension
36w x 73 1/2h x 42l (in)
91.44w x 186.69h x 106.68l (cm)
Acquisition number
X1385.97