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==World's most powerful computer by year==
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! rowspan=2 | Year(s)
! rowspan=2 | Benchmark
! rowspan=2 | Computer
! colspan=5 | Design
! colspan=3 | Casing
! colspan=7 | System
! rowspan=2 | Successor
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! Manufacturer || Designer || Release date || Units sold || Price
! Dimensions || Weight || Power
! Front-end	|| Operating system || CPU || Memory || Storage || MIPS || FLOPS

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|style=text-align:center|[[Whirlwind I|MIT Whirlwind I]]
|style=text-align:center|MIT
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|style=text-align:center|1954
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!style=text-align:center|1955-1957
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|style=text-align:center|[[IBM Naval Ordnance Research Calculator|IBM NORC]]
|style=text-align:center|IBM
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|style=text-align:center|1954
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!style=text-align:center|1958-1959
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|style=text-align:center|[[AN/FSQ-7 Combat Direction Central|AN/FSQ-7]]
|style=text-align:center|IBM
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|style=text-align:center|1955
|style=text-align:center|24
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|style=text-align:center|250 tons
|style=text-align:center|up to 3 megawatts
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|style=text-align:center|49,000 vacuum tubes @ 75,000 instructions per second
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!style=text-align:center|1960
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|style=text-align:center|[[IBM 7090]]
|style=text-align:center|IBM
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!style=text-align:center|1960–1961
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|style=text-align:center|[[UNIVAC LARC]]
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!style=text-align:center|1961–1963
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|style=text-align:center|[[IBM 7030 Stretch]]
|style=text-align:center|IBM
|style=text-align:center|[[Gene Amdahl]]
|style=text-align:center|May 1961
|style=text-align:center|9
|style=text-align:center|US$7,780,000 (equivalent to $70,550,000 in 2021)
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|style=text-align:center|70,000 pounds (35 short tons; 32 t)
|style=text-align:center|100 kW @ 110 V
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|style=text-align:center|MCP
|style=text-align:center|64-bit processor
|style=text-align:center|2048 kilobytes (262,144 x 64 bits)
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|style=text-align:center|1.2 MIPS
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|style=text-align:center|[[CDC 7600]]

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!style=text-align:center|1964–1968
|style=text-align:center|3 megaflops
|style=text-align:center|[[CDC 6600]]
|style=text-align:center|[[Control Data Corporation]]
|style=text-align:center|[[Seymour Cray]]
|style=text-align:center|September 1964
|style=text-align:center|100+
|style=text-align:center|US$2,370,000 (equivalent to $20,710,000 in 2021)
|style=text-align:center|Height : 2,000 mm (79 in)<br>Cabinet width: 810 mm (32 in)<br>Cabinet length : 1,710 mm (67 in)<br>Width overall : 4,190 mm (165 in)
|style=text-align:center|about 12,000 lb (6.0 short tons; 5.4 t)
|style=text-align:center|30 kW @ 208 V 400 Hz
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|style=text-align:center|SCOPE, KRONOS
|style=text-align:center|60-bit processor @ 10 MHz
|style=text-align:center|Up to 982 kilobytes (131000 x 60 bits)
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|style=text-align:center|2 MIPS
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|style=text-align:center|[[CDC 7600]]

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!style=text-align:center|1969–1975
|style=text-align:center|10 megaflops
|style=text-align:center|[[CDC 7600]]
|style=text-align:center|Control Data Corporation
|style=text-align:center|Seymour Cray
|style=text-align:center|June 1967
|style=text-align:center|75+
|style=text-align:center|US$62 - $155 thousands (monthly rent in 1968)
|style=text-align:center|Height : 188 cm (74 in)<br>Width: 302 cm (119 in)
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|style=text-align:center|95 kW @ 208 V 400 Hz
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|style=text-align:center|Chippewa, SCOPE, KRONOS
|style=text-align:center|60-bit processor @ 36 MHz
|style=text-align:center|3.84 Megabytes (up to 512000 60-bit words)
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|style=text-align:center|15 MIPS
|style=text-align:center|36 MFLOPS
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!style=text-align:center|1976-1982
|style=text-align:center|136 megaflops
|style=text-align:center|[[Cray-1]]
|style=text-align:center|Cray Research
|style=text-align:center|Seymour Cray
|style=text-align:center|1975
|style=text-align:center|100+
|style=text-align:center|US$7.9 million in 1977 (equivalent to $35.3 million in 2021)
|style=text-align:center|Height: 196 cm (77 in)<br>Dia. (base): 263 cm (104 in)<br>Dia. (columns): 145 cm (57 in)
|style=text-align:center|5.5 tons (Cray-1A)
|style=text-align:center|115 kW @ 208 V 400 Hz
|style=text-align:center|Data General Eclipse
|style=text-align:center|COS, UNICOS
|style=text-align:center|64-bit processor @ 80 MHz
|style=text-align:center|8.39 Megabytes (up to 1 048 576 words)
|style=text-align:center|303 Megabytes (DD19 Unit)
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|style=text-align:center|160 MFLOPS
|style=text-align:center|[[Cray X-MP]]

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!style=text-align:center|1983–1985
|style=text-align:center|713 megaflops
|style=text-align:center|[[Cray X-MP]]/4
|style=text-align:center|Cray Research
|style=text-align:center|[[Steve Chen (computer engineer)|Steve Chen]]
|style=text-align:center|1982
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|style=text-align:center|US$15 million
|style=text-align:center|2.62 m (8.6 ft) x 1.96 m (6.4 ft)
|style=text-align:center|5.12 t (11,300 lb)
|style=text-align:center|345 kW
|style=text-align:center|Most minicomputers of the time
|style=text-align:center|COS, UNICOS
|style=text-align:center|4x Vector processor 64 bits @ 105 - 117 MHz
|style=text-align:center|128 megabytes
|style=text-align:center|38.4 gigabytes (32 disks)
|style=text-align:center|400 MIPS (4 CPU)
|style=text-align:center|800 MFLOPS (4 CPU)
|style=text-align:center|[[Cray-2]]

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!style=text-align:center|1985–1987
|style=text-align:center|1.95 gigaflops (peak)
|style=text-align:center|[[Cray-2]]
|style=text-align:center|Cray Research
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|style=text-align:center|1985
|style=text-align:center|25
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|style=text-align:center|[[Cray Y-MP]]

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!style=text-align:center|1988–1989
|style=text-align:center|2.144 gigaflops
|style=text-align:center|[[Cray Y-MP]]/832
|style=text-align:center|Cray Research
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!style=text-align:center|1990–1991
|style=text-align:center|4.0 gigaflops (measured)
|style=text-align:center|[[Fujitsu VP2000]]
|style=text-align:center|[[Fujitsu]]
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!style=text-align:center|1992
|style=text-align:center|20.0 gigaflops
|style=text-align:center|[[NEC SX]]-3/44
|style=text-align:center|[[NEC]]
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!style=text-align:center|June 1993
|style=text-align:center|59.7 gigaflops
|style=text-align:center|[[Connection Machine|Thinking Machines CM-5/1024]]
|style=text-align:center|[[Thinking Machines Corporation]] (TMC)
|style=text-align:center|[[Danny Hillis]]
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