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In pictures: A timeline of supercomputing
Short history of high powered computing.
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on Oct 23 2012, 10:36AM
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1943: COLOSSUS The first electronic, digital, programmable computer came out of Bletchley Park, England, during WWII.
1950: MIT WHIRLWIND The Whirlwind was the first computer to use video displays for output.
1960: CDC 1604 Semour Cray and the Control Data Corporation developed the first transistorised computer for the US Navy.
1974: CDC STAR-100 A Cray-less CDC delivered the STAR-100 to its first commercial user, General Motors.
1980: CDC CYBER 205 CDC had some success with its Cyber range, replacing the previous STAR.
1985: CRAY-2 The Cray-2 would be the fastest computer in the world from its launch until 1990.
1990: SX-3/44R Designed by NEC, the SX-3 was named the fastest computer in the world in 1990.
2011: K computer The 8.1 petaflop Japanese designed K computer is the current world leader.
1943: COLOSSUS The first electronic, digital, programmable computer came out of Bletchley Park, England, during WWII.
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