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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

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

NOTABLE EMPLOYEES

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Brewster Kahle
Business
22-Oct-1960   Founder of the Internet Archive
Tsutomu Shimomura
Physicist
23-Oct-1964   Helped catch Kevin Mitnick

EXTRANEOUS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Stephen Wolfram
Mathematician
29-Aug-1959   Creator of Mathematica


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