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CDC
Control Data Corporation was one of the pioneering supercomputer firms.
For most of the 1960’s.
CDC was one of the eight major computer companies through most of the 1960’s
CDC was well known and highly regarded throughout the industry at one the
time.
CHARLES BABBAGE
Pioneering architect of the first mechanical computer design.
COMMODORE 64
Was a popular home computer of the 1980s. Announced by Commodore Business
Machines in January 1982 it offered unprecedented value (sound and graphics
performance) for the money.
COMPUTER
A device capable of processing complex simultaneous calculations.
CRAY II
The Cray-2 was a vector supercomputer offered by Cray Research beginning
in 1985 It was the fastest machine in the world when it was released, replacing
Cray's own X-MP in that spot. The Cray-2 was knocked off of the top spot
by the ETA-10G in 1990
CRAY RESEARCH
Cray Inc. is a supercomputer manufacturer based in Seattle, Washington.
Cray Research was founded in 1972 by computer designer Seymour Cray
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THE EARTH SIMULATOR
The Earth Simulator was the fastest supercomputer in the world from 2002
to 2004, located at the Earth Simulator Center in Japan.
COMPUTERS THROUGH THE COMPUTER AGE
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