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CONTROL DATA CORPORATION: SEYMOUR CRAY. Group of 3 CDC modules:
5 December 2018, 14:00 EST
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CONTROL DATA CORPORATION: SEYMOUR CRAY.
Group of 3 CDC modules:
1 & 2. Control Data 3000 Series circuit modules, c.1962, each 75 x 67 mm, with 15-pin male connector, labled 309476 & 309448A on verso.
3. Control Data 6600 "cordwood" circuit module, c.1964, 75 x 66 mm, being a two-board module with 30 pin male connector at one end and 6-pin female connector at the other.
WITH: collection of printed material including sales brochures for Control Data 6500 & 6600; sales sheets for Control Data 6000 Series, 6400, 6500 & 6600; and Control Data 6400/6500/6600 Computer Systems Reference Manual.
THE RISE OF THE SILICON TRANSISTOR.
Control Data was formed by early computer pioneer William Norris after he and some other employees of Engineering Research Associates, including Seymour Cray—who there had designed his first computer, the successful ERA 1103—grew dissatisfied when the company was merged with UNIVAC following a sale to Remington Rand. CDC had early success with the Cray-designed 1604, one of the first commercially successful transistorized computers. Over a long weekend, Cray designed what could be called the first truly small computers: the CDC 160 & 160A, minicomputers that would fit on a desk. Cray quickly followed these with designs that were used for the 3000 series. Even before the 3000 series was officially released—destined to become a great success—Cray had already moved on to development of the 6000 series. The 6600 was one of the first successful supercomputers and extremely fast for its day, outperforming the previous record holder by a factor of 3. It was innovative in its early use of silicon transistors, freon for cooling and it was one of the first to use a monitor instead of lights and switches. CDC, due to the vision of Cray and wisely-calculated risk-taking of Norris, provided Fairchild Semiconductor first with a development contract of $500,000 to design a silicon transistor to meet Cray's speed requirements followed by the industry's largest single orders for their new silicon chips&mdashcertainly a boon for a nascent Silicon Valley. IBM CEO Thomas Watson, Jr., whose company had been dominating the scientific computing market, noted in a famous memo "Last week, Control Data ... announced the 6600 system. I understand that in the laboratory developing the system there are only 34 people including the janitor. Of these, 14 are engineers and 4 are programmers ... Contrasting this modest effort with our vast development activities, I fail to understand why we have lost our industry leadership position by letting someone else offer the world's most powerful computer." Cray replied: "It seems like Mr. Watson has answered his own question."
1 & 2. Control Data 3000 Series circuit modules, c.1962, each 75 x 67 mm, with 15-pin male connector, labled 309476 & 309448A on verso.
3. Control Data 6600 "cordwood" circuit module, c.1964, 75 x 66 mm, being a two-board module with 30 pin male connector at one end and 6-pin female connector at the other.
WITH: collection of printed material including sales brochures for Control Data 6500 & 6600; sales sheets for Control Data 6000 Series, 6400, 6500 & 6600; and Control Data 6400/6500/6600 Computer Systems Reference Manual.
THE RISE OF THE SILICON TRANSISTOR.
Control Data was formed by early computer pioneer William Norris after he and some other employees of Engineering Research Associates, including Seymour Cray—who there had designed his first computer, the successful ERA 1103—grew dissatisfied when the company was merged with UNIVAC following a sale to Remington Rand. CDC had early success with the Cray-designed 1604, one of the first commercially successful transistorized computers. Over a long weekend, Cray designed what could be called the first truly small computers: the CDC 160 & 160A, minicomputers that would fit on a desk. Cray quickly followed these with designs that were used for the 3000 series. Even before the 3000 series was officially released—destined to become a great success—Cray had already moved on to development of the 6000 series. The 6600 was one of the first successful supercomputers and extremely fast for its day, outperforming the previous record holder by a factor of 3. It was innovative in its early use of silicon transistors, freon for cooling and it was one of the first to use a monitor instead of lights and switches. CDC, due to the vision of Cray and wisely-calculated risk-taking of Norris, provided Fairchild Semiconductor first with a development contract of $500,000 to design a silicon transistor to meet Cray's speed requirements followed by the industry's largest single orders for their new silicon chips&mdashcertainly a boon for a nascent Silicon Valley. IBM CEO Thomas Watson, Jr., whose company had been dominating the scientific computing market, noted in a famous memo "Last week, Control Data ... announced the 6600 system. I understand that in the laboratory developing the system there are only 34 people including the janitor. Of these, 14 are engineers and 4 are programmers ... Contrasting this modest effort with our vast development activities, I fail to understand why we have lost our industry leadership position by letting someone else offer the world's most powerful computer." Cray replied: "It seems like Mr. Watson has answered his own question."