Thinking Machines Corporation

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supercomputer manufacturer technology company

Thinking Machines Corporation was a pioneering American supercomputer company best known for developing massively parallel processing systems in the 1980s and early 1990s.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	supercomputer manufacturer ⓘ technology company ⓘ
activeInDecade	1980s ⓘ 1990s ⓘ
architectureName	Connection Machine architecture ⓘ
assetSoldTo	Oracle Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ Sun Microsystems NERFINISHED ⓘ
bankruptcyType	Chapter 11 ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
filedForBankruptcyInYear	1994 ⓘ
focus	artificial intelligence computing ⓘ defense-related computation ⓘ scientific computing ⓘ
foundedBy	Danny Hillis NERFINISHED ⓘ Sheryl Handler NERFINISHED ⓘ
foundedInYear	1983 ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Cambridge, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ
industry	computer hardware ⓘ high-performance computing ⓘ supercomputing ⓘ
inspiredBy	Marvin Minsky NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	Connection Machine series NERFINISHED ⓘ massively parallel processing supercomputers ⓘ
majorCustomer	CERN NERFINISHED ⓘ Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory NERFINISHED ⓘ Los Alamos National Laboratory NERFINISHED ⓘ NASA NERFINISHED ⓘ National Security Agency NERFINISHED ⓘ Sandia National Laboratories NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableEmployee	Clifford Lasser NERFINISHED ⓘ Eric L. Roberts NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableEngineer	Guy L. Steele Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ W. Daniel Hillis NERFINISHED ⓘ
peakEmployeeCountApprox	500 ⓘ
product	Connection Machine CM-1 NERFINISHED ⓘ Connection Machine CM-2 NERFINISHED ⓘ Connection Machine CM-200 NERFINISHED ⓘ Connection Machine CM-5 NERFINISHED ⓘ
productType	massively parallel supercomputer ⓘ
receivedFundingFrom	National Security Agency NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency NERFINISHED ⓘ
status	defunct ⓘ
technology	MIMD architecture ⓘ SIMD architecture ⓘ data-parallel computing ⓘ
usedProgrammingLanguage	C* NERFINISHED ⓘ CM Fortran NERFINISHED ⓘ CM Lisp NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Thinking Machines Corporation WAIS project → developer → Thinking Machines Corporation ⓘ

Guy L. Steele Jr. → employer → Thinking Machines Corporation ⓘ