CDC 1604
E1033547
The CDC 1604 was an early 1960s transistorized mainframe computer designed by Seymour Cray that helped establish Control Data Corporation as a leader in high-performance computing.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mainframe computer
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transistorized computer ⓘ |
| addressSpace | 32K words ⓘ |
| architecture | binary, two’s-complement ⓘ |
| clockSpeed | about 100 kHz ⓘ |
| commercialAvailability | early 1960s ⓘ |
| companyRole | first large-scale computer from Control Data Corporation ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| designer | Seymour Cray NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | second-generation computer ⓘ |
| floatingPointSupport | hardware floating-point ⓘ |
| formFactor | multiple cabinet system ⓘ |
| influenced | CDC 6600 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inputOutput |
line printers
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magnetic tape drives ⓘ paper tape readers ⓘ punched card equipment ⓘ |
| instructionSet | single-address architecture ⓘ |
| introduced | 1959 ⓘ |
| logicFamily | resistor-transistor logic ⓘ |
| mainMemoryCapacity |
16,384 words
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32,768 words ⓘ |
| mainMemoryType | magnetic core memory ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Control Data Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| market |
commercial
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government ⓘ research institutions ⓘ |
| notableCustomer |
European research laboratories
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Lawrence Radiation Laboratory NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfAddressBits | 15 GENERATED ⓘ |
| numericRepresentation | ones-complement in early designs ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
SCOPE
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early batch-processing monitors ⓘ |
| powerRequirement | air-cooled, room-sized system ⓘ |
| predecessor | CDC 160 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryUse |
engineering applications
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military applications ⓘ scientific computing ⓘ |
| programmingLanguages |
FORTRAN
NERFINISHED
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assembly language ⓘ |
| significance |
helped establish Control Data Corporation in high-performance computing
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one of the first commercially successful transistorized scientific computers ⓘ |
| status | obsolete ⓘ |
| successor |
CDC 3600
NERFINISHED
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CDC 3800 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| technology | discrete transistors ⓘ |
| wordLength | 48 bits ⓘ |
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