The CDC 6600 was the flagship of the 6000 series of mainframe computer systems manufactured by Control Data Corporation. Generally considered to be the first successful supercomputer, it outperformed the industry's prior recordholder, the IBM 7030 Stretch, by a factor of three. With performance of up to three megaFLOPS, the CDC 6600 was the world's fastest computer from 1964 to 1969, when it relinquished that status to its successor, the CDC 7600. The first CDC 6600s were delivered in 1965 to Livermore and Los Alamos. They quickly became a must-have system in high-end scientific and mathematical computing, with systems being delivered to Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, CERN, the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, and many others. At least 100 were delivered in total. A CDC 6600 is on display at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California. The only running CDC 6000 series machine has been restored by Living Computers: Museum + Labs. History and impact CDC's first products were based on the machines designed at ERA, which
El CDC 6600 fue el primer superordenador exitoso de la serie 6000 de sistemas de computadoras mainframe fabricados por Control Data Corporation. Generalmente considerado como el primer superordenador exitoso, superó el anterior recordista de la industria, el IBM 7030 Stretch, por un factor de tres. Con un rendimiento de hasta tres megaFLOPS, el CDC 6600 fue el ordenador más rápido del mundo de 1964 a 1969, cuando renunció a ese estatus a su sucesor, el CDC 7600. Los primeros CDC 6600s fueron entregados en 1965 a Livermore y Los Alamos. Se convirtieron rápidamente en un sistema imprescindible en la computación científica y matemática de alto nivel, con sistemas entregados al Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, CERN, el Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, y muchos otros. Al menos 100 fueron entregados en total. Un CDC 6600 está en exhibición en el Museo de Historia de la Computación en Mountain View, California.