Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing
Thinking Machines Corporation
The company that introduced the {Connection Machine
parallel computer} ca 1984. Four of the world's ten most
powerful {supercomputers} are Connection Machines. Thinking
Machines is the leader in scalable computing, with software
and applications running on parallel systems ranging from 16
to 1024 processors. In developing the Connection Machine
system, Thinking Machines also did pioneering work in parallel
software.
The 1993 technical applications market for massively parallel
systems was approximately $310 million, of which Thinking
Machines Corporation held a 29 percent share. Thinking
Machines planned to become a software provider by 1996, by
which time the parallel computing market was expected to have
grown to $2 billion.
Thinking Machines Corporation has 200 employees and offices
worldwide.
Address: 245 First Street, Cambridge, MA 02142-1264, USA.
Telephone: +1 (617) 234 1000. Fax: +1 (617) 234 4444.
(1994-12-01)