CDC 6600 was fastest computer in the world in mid-1960s
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CDC 6600 was a pioneering supercomputer of the mid-1960s that set new performance standards and is often regarded as the first successful supercomputer.
All labels observed (1)
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| CDC 6600 was fastest computer in the world in mid-1960s canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13316999 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: CDC 6600 was fastest computer in the world in mid-1960s Context triple: [Control Data Corporation, notableAchievement, CDC 6600 was fastest computer in the world in mid-1960s]
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A.
ICL 1900 mainframe computers
ICL 1900 mainframe computers were a family of British business and scientific mainframes from International Computers Limited widely used in the 1960s and 1970s.
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B.
IBM 704
The IBM 704 was a pioneering 1950s vacuum-tube mainframe computer notable for its support of floating-point arithmetic and its influential role in early high-level programming languages and computer architecture.
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C.
IBM 650
The IBM 650 was an early, widely used mid-1950s drum-based decimal computer that helped popularize electronic data processing in business and education.
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D.
Colossus computers
Colossus computers were pioneering British electronic computing machines built during World War II to help decrypt high-level German communications at Bletchley Park.
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E.
ENIAC
ENIAC was one of the earliest general-purpose electronic digital computers, built in the 1940s and used primarily for complex military and scientific calculations.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: CDC 6600 was fastest computer in the world in mid-1960s Target entity description: CDC 6600 was a pioneering supercomputer of the mid-1960s that set new performance standards and is often regarded as the first successful supercomputer.
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A.
ICL 1900 mainframe computers
ICL 1900 mainframe computers were a family of British business and scientific mainframes from International Computers Limited widely used in the 1960s and 1970s.
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B.
IBM 704
The IBM 704 was a pioneering 1950s vacuum-tube mainframe computer notable for its support of floating-point arithmetic and its influential role in early high-level programming languages and computer architecture.
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C.
IBM 650
The IBM 650 was an early, widely used mid-1950s drum-based decimal computer that helped popularize electronic data processing in business and education.
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D.
Colossus computers
Colossus computers were pioneering British electronic computing machines built during World War II to help decrypt high-level German communications at Bletchley Park.
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E.
ENIAC
ENIAC was one of the earliest general-purpose electronic digital computers, built in the 1940s and used primarily for complex military and scientific calculations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mainframe computer
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supercomputer ⓘ |
| architecture | 60-bit word architecture ⓘ |
| category | pioneering supercomputer of the mid-1960s ⓘ |
| clockSpeed | about 10 MHz ⓘ |
| commercialSuccess | sold dozens of systems worldwide ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| designer | Seymour Cray ⓘ |
| developedAt | Control Data Corporation facilities in Minnesota ⓘ |
| era | 1960s ⓘ |
| hasPhysicalCharacteristic | distinctive C-shaped cabinet layout ⓘ |
| heldTitle | world's fastest computer ⓘ |
| heldTitleFrom | 1964 ⓘ |
| heldTitleUntil | 1969 ⓘ |
| influenced |
later Cray supercomputers
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vector and parallel supercomputer design ⓘ |
| introducedInYear | 1964 ⓘ |
| legacy | milestone in high-performance computing history ⓘ |
| mainProcessorType | central processor with hardwired control ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Control Data Corporation ⓘ |
| market |
high-performance computing
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scientific computing ⓘ |
| maximumMemory | up to 131,072 60-bit words ⓘ |
| memoryType | magnetic core memory ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being considered the first successful supercomputer
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pioneering use of multiple peripheral processors ⓘ very high performance for its time ⓘ |
| numberOfPeripheralProcessors | 10 ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
KRONOS
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SCOPE ⓘ |
| peakPerformance | about 3 megaFLOPS ⓘ |
| powerConsumption | on the order of hundreds of kilowatts ⓘ |
| projectStartDate | early 1960s ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1964 ⓘ |
| status | fastest computer in the world in the mid-1960s ⓘ |
| surpassedBy | CDC 7600 ⓘ |
| technologyNode | discrete transistor logic ⓘ |
| usedBy |
government agencies
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national laboratories ⓘ research universities ⓘ |
| usedCooling | freon-based refrigeration system ⓘ |
| usedFor |
engineering calculations
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nuclear weapons research ⓘ scientific simulations ⓘ |
| usedPeripheralProcessorsFor | I/O and operating system tasks ⓘ |
| usedTransistorType | silicon transistors ⓘ |
| wordSize | 60-bit ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: CDC 6600 was fastest computer in the world in mid-1960s Description of subject: CDC 6600 was a pioneering supercomputer of the mid-1960s that set new performance standards and is often regarded as the first successful supercomputer.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Control Data Corporation
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notableAchievement
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CDC 6600 was fastest computer in the world in mid-1960s
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