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Parallel computing with 64,000 processors, in 1986: The Connection Machine CM-1(1986) (www.youtube.com)

submitted 2 years ago by sundray@lemmus.org to c/retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.org

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Created by a company called Thinking Machines, and intended for AI applications... how far we've come 😆 .

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[–] ptz@dubvee.org 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You know anybody who can network 8 connection machines and debug 2 million lines of code for what I bid for this job? Because if he can I'd like to see him try.

How far we've come, indeed. Lol.

[–] Bitrot@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 2 years ago

A while ago I read this really good essay about working with Richard Feynman on the Connection Machine: https://longnow.org/essays/richard-feynman-connection-machine/