CDC announces the 7600 supercomputer

3rd December 1968
CDC announces the 7600 supercomputer

Control Data Corporation announces its 7600 model, widely hailed as the first supercomputer.

Designed by Seymour Cray, the CDC 7600 ran at a speed of nearly 40 megaflops.

The first 7600 was delivered in January 1969 to Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and cost in the region of $5 million.

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