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CDC 6600
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A supercomputer designed by Seymour Cray with system architect Jim Thornton at Control Data Corporation, released in September 1964 with first deliveries to Livermore and Los Alamos in 1965. Generally considered the first successful supercomputer, it outperformed the prior recordholder, the IBM 7030 Stretch, by a factor of about three, and held the title of world's fastest computer until Cray's own follow-on machine, the CDC 7600, took over in 1969.
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SignificanceGenerally considered to be the first successful supercomputer, and the machine that established Seymour Cray's reputation before he later founded Cray Research and built the Cray-1. 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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outperformed the industry's prior recordholder, the IBM 7030 Stretch, by a factor of three
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Generally considered to be the first successful supercomputer
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when operational in 1976, it was outperformed by the Cray-1
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