CDC 7600

E1034262

supercomputer vector supercomputer

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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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
CDC 7600 canonical	5
CDC 7600 computer	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13316966 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: CDC 7600
Context triple: [Control Data Corporation, notableProduct, CDC 7600]

A. CDC 6600
The CDC 6600 was a pioneering supercomputer introduced in the 1960s that is often regarded as the first successful supercomputer and held the title of the world’s fastest computer for several years.
B. PDP-9
The PDP-9 was a 1960s 18-bit minicomputer from Digital Equipment Corporation that introduced advanced features and improved performance over its predecessors in the PDP series.
C. IBM 704
The IBM 704 was a pioneering 1950s vacuum-tube mainframe computer notable for its support of floating-point arithmetic and its influential role in early high-level programming languages and computer architecture.
D. IBM 650
The IBM 650 was an early, widely used mid-1950s drum-based decimal computer that helped popularize electronic data processing in business and education.
E. PDP-7
The PDP-7 was a 1960s DEC minicomputer whose relatively low cost and flexible design made it popular in research labs and notable as the machine on which the first version of Unix was developed.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: CDC 7600
Target entity description: 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.

A. CDC 6600
The CDC 6600 was a pioneering supercomputer introduced in the 1960s that is often regarded as the first successful supercomputer and held the title of the world’s fastest computer for several years.
B. PDP-9
The PDP-9 was a 1960s 18-bit minicomputer from Digital Equipment Corporation that introduced advanced features and improved performance over its predecessors in the PDP series.
C. IBM 704
The IBM 704 was a pioneering 1950s vacuum-tube mainframe computer notable for its support of floating-point arithmetic and its influential role in early high-level programming languages and computer architecture.
D. IBM 650
The IBM 650 was an early, widely used mid-1950s drum-based decimal computer that helped popularize electronic data processing in business and education.
E. PDP-7
The PDP-7 was a 1960s DEC minicomputer whose relatively low cost and flexible design made it popular in research labs and notable as the machine on which the first version of Unix was developed.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

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 ⓘ linked to: United States of America
designer	Seymour Cray ⓘ
era	early 1970s ⓘ late 1960s ⓘ
family	CDC 6000 series ⓘ linked to: CDC 7000 series
formFactor	C-shaped chassis layout ⓘ
historicalSignificance	helped establish CDC as a leader in supercomputing ⓘ landmark in high-performance computing ⓘ
influenced	Cray-1 ⓘ
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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ NOS ⓘ SCOPE ⓘ
peakPerformance	around 36 MFLOPS ⓘ
pipelineDepth	very deep instruction pipeline for its time ⓘ
powerConsumption	very high for its time ⓘ
predecessor	CDC 6600 ⓘ
reliability	considered difficult to maintain and tune ⓘ
successor	CDC Cyber 205 (in CDC’s high-performance line) ⓘ
usedAt	Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory ⓘ Los Alamos National Laboratory ⓘ linked to: Los Alamos Laboratory National Center for Atmospheric Research ⓘ various universities and research labs ⓘ
usedFor	nuclear weapons research ⓘ physics simulations ⓘ scientific computing ⓘ weather modeling ⓘ
wordSize	60 bits ⓘ