CDC Cyber series
E1033549
The CDC Cyber series was a line of powerful mainframe computers developed by Control Data Corporation that were widely used for scientific, engineering, and business applications in the 1970s and 1980s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| CDC Cyber series canonical | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
computer hardware product line
ⓘ
mainframe computer family ⓘ |
| architectureType | CDC 6000/7000-style architecture ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| developer | Control Data Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| feature |
batch processing support
ⓘ
time-sharing support (on many models) ⓘ vector processing capabilities (on some models such as Cyber 205) ⓘ |
| inputOutput | peripheral processors (PPs) for I/O handling ⓘ |
| introducedInDecade | 1970s ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Control Data Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| marketedAs | CDC Cyber NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| marketSegment |
commercial data centers
ⓘ
government research laboratories ⓘ high-performance computing ⓘ university computing centers ⓘ |
| notableFor | high performance in scientific and engineering workloads during the 1970s and 1980s ⓘ |
| notableModel |
CDC Cyber 170
NERFINISHED
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CDC Cyber 170/730 NERFINISHED ⓘ CDC Cyber 180 NERFINISHED ⓘ CDC Cyber 180/830 NERFINISHED ⓘ CDC Cyber 203 NERFINISHED ⓘ CDC Cyber 205 NERFINISHED ⓘ CDC Cyber 70 NERFINISHED ⓘ CDC Cyber 995 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableUser |
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Los Alamos National Laboratory NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. government agencies ⓘ large corporations ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
KRONOS
NERFINISHED
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NOS (Network Operating System) NERFINISHED ⓘ SCOPE ⓘ |
| predecessor |
CDC 6000 series
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
CDC 7000 series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryProgrammingLanguage |
COBOL
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FORTRAN NERFINISHED ⓘ assembly language ⓘ |
| status | discontinued ⓘ |
| successor | ETA Systems supercomputers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| technology |
discrete transistor logic
ⓘ
integrated circuit logic ⓘ |
| usedFor |
business data processing
ⓘ
engineering applications ⓘ scientific computing ⓘ |
| usedInPeriod |
1970s
ⓘ
1980s ⓘ |
| wordLength | 60-bit architecture (many models) ⓘ |
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