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Alliant Computer Systems (founded 1982 as Dataflow Systems; went bankrupt in 1992) American Supercomputer (founded by Mike Flynn, failed 2nd round funding) Astronautics (Division founded by Jim Smith, U. Wisc) BBN Technologies (Acquired by Raytheon in 2009) Convex Computer (founded 1982 as Parsec; acquired by Hewlett-Packard in 1995) Culler ...
A superminicomputer (Interdata 7/32) preserved in a museum. A superminicomputer, colloquially supermini, is a high-end minicomputer. [1] The term is used to distinguish the emerging 32-bit architecture midrange computers introduced in the mid to late 1970s from the classical 16-bit systems that preceded them.
Since the rise of the personal computer in the 1980s, IBM and other vendors have created PC-based IBM mainframe-compatible systems which are compatible with the larger IBM mainframe computers. For a period of time PC-based mainframe-compatible systems had a lower price and did not require as much electricity or floor space.
A mainframe computer, informally called a mainframe or big iron, [1] is a computer used primarily by large organizations for critical applications like bulk data processing for tasks such as censuses, industry and consumer statistics, enterprise resource planning, and large-scale transaction processing.
Super Micro Computer (NASDAQ: SMCI) has been one of the key players in the artificial intelligence (AI) boom, working hand in hand with top chip designers, like Nvidia, to build out infrastructure.
This list of computer size categories attempts to list commonly used categories of computer by the physical size of the device and its chassis or case, in descending order of size. One generation's "supercomputer" is the next generation's "mainframe", and a "PDA" does not have the same set of functions as a "laptop", but the list still has ...
The "Micro Channel 370" Models 010, 012, 014 (later 110, 112, 114) ES/9371 introduced in 1990 used the Micro Channel bus and a 386 CPU for input/output (I/O) processing. Additionally, a dual-processor model was offered, providing a second 386 CPU for DOS and OS/2 applications, implementing a high-speed link between the processors.
The first complete systems were shipped to dealers in the autumn of 1974. The basic unit, model 720 with an 800 kHz 8008, [6] 2 KB RAM [16] and no cassette drive sold for $4,950 Canadian (at the time the dollar was about equal to the US dollar). [17] The fully equipped model 782 with 8 KB and two drives was $9,800, and was the only model that ...