CDC 7600

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The CDC 7600 was a pioneering supercomputer of the late 1960s and early 1970s, renowned for being one of the fastest machines of its time and a landmark in high-performance computing.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf supercomputer
vector supercomputer
addressWordSize 18 bits
announcementDate 1969
architecture pipelined architecture
scalar architecture with vector-like pipelining
clockFrequency 36.4 MHz
commercialAvailability early 1970s
commercialSuccess limited but significant in high-end market
coolingMethod forced-air cooling
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
designer Seymour Cray NERFINISHED
era early 1970s
late 1960s
family CDC 6000 series NERFINISHED
formFactor C-shaped chassis layout
historicalSignificance helped establish CDC as a leader in supercomputing
landmark in high-performance computing
influenced Cray-1 NERFINISHED
inputOutputSubsystem separate peripheral processors (PPs)
instructionSetCompatibility CDC 6600 compatible
logicTechnology discrete transistor modules
high-speed integrated circuits (hybrid modules)
mainMemoryCapacity up to 1 megaword
mainMemoryTechnology core memory
manufacturer Control Data Corporation NERFINISHED
marketPosition flagship high-performance system of Control Data Corporation
notableFor advanced instruction pipelining
being among the fastest computers in the world in the early 1970s
high clock speed for its era
operatingSystem KRONOS NERFINISHED
NOS NERFINISHED
SCOPE
peakPerformance around 36 MFLOPS
pipelineDepth very deep instruction pipeline for its time
powerConsumption very high for its time
predecessor CDC 6600 NERFINISHED
reliability considered difficult to maintain and tune
successor CDC Cyber 205 (in CDC’s high-performance line) NERFINISHED
usedAt Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory NERFINISHED
Los Alamos National Laboratory NERFINISHED
National Center for Atmospheric Research NERFINISHED
various universities and research labs
usedFor nuclear weapons research
physics simulations
scientific computing
weather modeling
wordSize 60 bits

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