CDC 6600

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/CDC_6600

GPTKB entity

Statements (100)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	mainframe computer
gptkbp:architecture	RISC-like
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:designer	gptkb:Seymour_Cray
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	CDC 6600
gptkbp:input	handled by peripheral processors
gptkbp:length	60 bits
gptkbp:mainProcessorType	central processor (CP)
gptkbp:manufacturer	gptkb:Control_Data_Corporation
gptkbp:notableFor	first successful supercomputer
gptkbp:notableUser	gptkb:Argonne_National_Laboratory gptkb:Atomic_Energy_Commission gptkb:Atomic_Energy_Research_Establishment gptkb:Atomic_Weapons_Research_Establishment gptkb:Bell_Labs gptkb:British_Airways gptkb:British_Steel gptkb:British_Steel_Corporation gptkb:Brookhaven_National_Laboratory gptkb:Donald_Knuth gptkb:Edward_Lorenz gptkb:General_Motors gptkb:Imperial_College_London gptkb:Jet_Propulsion_Laboratory gptkb:John_Cocke gptkb:MIT_Lincoln_Laboratory gptkb:NASA_Ames_Research_Center gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences gptkb:National_Center_for_Atmospheric_Research gptkb:Oak_Ridge_National_Laboratory gptkb:RAND_Corporation gptkb:Sandia_National_Laboratories gptkb:Stanford_University gptkb:University_of_California,_Berkeley gptkb:University_of_Cambridge gptkb:University_of_Chicago gptkb:University_of_Edinburgh gptkb:University_of_Illinois gptkb:University_of_Michigan gptkb:University_of_Minnesota gptkb:University_of_Oslo gptkb:University_of_Texas_at_Austin gptkb:University_of_Toronto gptkb:University_of_Washington gptkb:University_of_Wisconsin–Madison gptkb:British_Aircraft_Corporation gptkb:British_Rail gptkb:British_Railways gptkb:British_Telecom gptkb:British_Steel_Limited gptkb:Boeing gptkb:Atomic_Energy_of_Canada_Limited gptkb:British_Aerospace gptkb:British_Airways_Board gptkb:British_Airways_Corporation gptkb:British_Airways_Corporation_Limited gptkb:British_Airways_Limited gptkb:British_Gas gptkb:British_Gas_Board gptkb:British_Gas_Corporation gptkb:British_Gas_Corporation_Board gptkb:British_Gas_Corporation_Limited gptkb:British_Gas_Limited gptkb:British_Leyland gptkb:British_Petroleum gptkb:British_Petroleum_Board gptkb:British_Petroleum_Company gptkb:British_Petroleum_Corporation gptkb:British_Petroleum_Limited gptkb:British_Rail_Board gptkb:British_Railways_Board gptkb:British_Railways_Corporation gptkb:British_Railways_Limited gptkb:British_Steel_Board gptkb:British_Steel_Corporation_Board gptkb:British_Steel_Corporation_Limited gptkb:Gene_Amdahl gptkb:Lockheed gptkb:MITRE_Corporation gptkb:Shell_Oil_Company gptkb:Weather_Bureau IBM (for benchmarking)
gptkbp:numberOfPeripheralProcessors	10
gptkbp:operatingSystem	gptkb:KRONOS gptkb:NOS gptkb:SCOPE
gptkbp:performanceContext	up to 3 megaFLOPS
gptkbp:peripheralProcessorType	peripheral processors (PPs)
gptkbp:powerSource	about 150 kW
gptkbp:predecessor	gptkb:CDC_1604
gptkbp:RAM	131,072 words
gptkbp:releaseYear	1964
gptkbp:speed	10 MHz
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:CDC_7600
gptkbp:usedBy	gptkb:CERN gptkb:Lawrence_Livermore_National_Laboratory gptkb:Los_Alamos_National_Laboratory
gptkbp:usedFor	scientific computing
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Computer_History_Museum
gptkbp:bfsLayer	4