Connection Machine CM-1 in operation

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Date
1985 ca.
Photographer
Grohe, Steve
Credit Line
Courtesy of Tamiko Thiel
Copyright Owner
© Steve Grohe
Keywords
Connection Machine (CM-1)
Object ID
500004276

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 -- each with an LED. Besides being visually impressive, CM-1 programmers could use these lights to analyze the operation of their programs.