Computers were even found in toys, and amidst a whirlwind of mini-, micro-, super-, home-, minisuper- and mainframe computer systems, one could be excused for asking the question: what even is a ...

The CDC 6600 was a mainframe computer from Control Data Corporation, first delivered in 1964. It is generally considered to ...

The first computer generally regarded as a supercomputer is the CDC 6600, designed by Seymour Cray and launched in 1964. The venerable CDC 6600, an icon then and now.

IBM has found one way to sidestep the mainframe vs. distributed computing dilemma by simply calling its mainframes something else. Today, IBM refers to its larger processors as large servers and ...

A mainframe in China running a number of NVIDIA GPUs in parallel just hit 2.5 petaflops, a number that places it in the number one slot in the list of the world's top 500 supercomputers.

In 2004, Microsoft Cop. founded the Mainframe Migration Alliance, a group of technology companies that helps corporations move software applications from mainframes to smaller computers powered by ...

Collection includes supercomputers, mainframes, microcomputers, and personal computers, with some hardware dating back to the 1950s Cray-1 supercomputer from Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen's ...

Supercomputers work based on the same principles as everyday computers, but their performance levels are much higher and they look more like the classic mainframes of old.

Allen co-founded Microsoft Corporation with his childhood friend Bill Gates in 1975. He died in 2018 aged 65. As well as several early supercomputers and mainframes, the collection includes early ...