CDC Cyber

A CDC Cyber 170 Computer room, 1986
A CDC Cyber 70/74
A CDC Cyber 70/74 console

The CDC Cyber range of mainframe-class supercomputers were the primary products of Control Data Corporation (CDC) during the 1970s and 1980s. In their day, they were the computer architecture of choice for scientific and mathematically intensive computing. They were used for modeling fluid flow, material science stress analysis, electrochemical machining analysis,[1] probabilistic analysis,[2] energy and academic computing,[3] radiation shielding modeling,[4] and other applications. The lineup also included the Cyber 18 and Cyber 1000 minicomputers. Like their predecessor, the CDC 6600, they were unusual in using the ones' complement binary representation.

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  2. ^ Rajani R. Joshi (9 June 1998). "A new heuristic algorithm for probabilistic optimization". Computers & Operations Research. 24 (7). Department of Mathematics and School of Biomedical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Powai, Bombay, India: 687–697. doi:10.1016/S0305-0548(96)00056-1. (requires subscription)
  3. ^ Jeff Bauer (1991). "A History of Supercomputing at Florida State University". Retrieved 2008-07-01.
  4. ^ "Abstract for SAMSY – Shielding Analysis Modular System". OECD Nuclear Energy Agency, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France. Retrieved 2008-07-01.