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Cuthbert Hurd
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Cuthbert Corwin Hurd was an American computer scientist and entrepreneur, who was instrumental in helping the International Business Machines Corporation develop its first general-purpose computers.
The IBM 650 was developed by the division headed by Cuthbert Hurd
The IBM 650 was developed by the division headed by Cuthbert Hurd
IBM 7030 Stretch
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The IBM 7030, also known as Stretch, was IBM's first transistorized supercomputer. It was the fastest computer in the world from 1961 until the first CDC 6600 became operational in 1964.
Cuthbert Hurd
…of Sales. In 1955, Hurd made a proposal to Edward Teller for a computer to be used at the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory. This would evolve into the IBM "Stretch" project. The ambitious promises made for the performance of the machine were not met when it was finally delivered in 1961 as the model 7030, although…
IBM 7030 maintenance console at the Musée des Arts et Métiers, Paris
IBM 7030 maintenance console at the Musée des Arts et Métiers, Paris
Operator console at the Computer History Museum
Operator console at the Computer History Museum
A circuit board from the IBM 7030, in the Bradbury Science Museum, Los Alamos, New Mexico
A circuit board from the IBM 7030, in the Bradbury Science Museum, Los Alamos, New Mexico