The company which introduced the Connection Machine parallel computer ca 1984. Four of the world's ten most powerful supercomputers are Connection Machines. Thinking Machines is the leader in scalable computing, with software and applications running on parallel systems ranging from 16 to 1024 processors. In developing the Connection Machine system, Thinking Machines also did pioneering work in parallel software.
By 1996, Thinking Machines will become a software-based solutions provider. The 1993 technical applications market for massively parallel systems was approximately $310 million, of which Thinking Machines Corporation held a 29 percent share. The parallel computing market is expected to grow to $2 billion by 1996, in which, according to analysts, software will play a significant role.
Thinking Machines Corporation has 200 employees and offices worldwide.
Address: 245 First Street, Cambridge, MA 02142-1264, USA. Telephone: +1 (617) 234 1000. Fax: +1 (617) 234 4444.
(01 Dec 1994)