CHM Revolution

Date

1960 ca.

Credit Line

Courtesy of Control Data Corporation

Copyright Owner

© Control Data Corporation (CDC)

Keywords

Cray, Seymour; Control Data Corporation; CDC 1604 (Computer)

Object ID

102635892

Control Data’s first scientific computer—one of the first built with transistors—was used for weather forecasting, real-time process control and general scientific calculations. But its first customer was the U.S. Navy, which used it to control fleet operations.