CDC 6600 installation

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Date
1964
Copyright Owner
© Control Data Corporation (CDC)
Keywords
Seven dwarfs; RISC; Chippewa Falls, WI; Thorton, Jim; Cray, Seymour; supercomputer; International Business Machines Corporation (IBM); IBM Project Stretch; CDC 6600 (Computer); Watson, Thomas J.; Control Data Corporation
Object ID
102627359

Just 34 people, led by Seymour Cray and Jim Thornton, designed the 6600. It was the world’s fastest computer for five years. Approximately 100 were sold.