Thinking Machines

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Thinking Machines

COMPANY

Supercomputer manufacturer Founded 1982 by W. Daniel Hillis and Sheryl Handler. It filed for bankruptcy in 1994, after which a portion was acquired by Sun Microsystems and the remainder by Oracle in 1999.

Industry:
Computer

Corporate headquarters:
Worcester, MA

EXECUTIVES

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Danny Hillis Business 25-Sep-1956 Co-Founder, Thinking Machines

NOTABLE EMPLOYEES

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Brewster Kahle Business 22-Oct-1960 Founder of the Internet Archive

Tsutomu Shimomura Physicist 23-Oct-1964 Helped catch Kevin Mitnick

EXTRANEOUS

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Stephen Wolfram Mathematician 29-Aug-1959 Creator of Mathematica

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