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CDC STAR-100

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CDC STAR-100

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Computer History: Control Data CDC 6600 Supercomputer (Naval Weather Global tracking Climate) 1972

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The CDC STAR-100 is a vector supercomputer that was designed, manufactured, and marketed by Control Data Corporation (CDC). It was one of the first machines to use a vector processor to improve performance on appropriate scientific applications. It was also the first supercomputer to use integrated circuits and the first to be equipped with one million words of computer memory.
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