James E. Thornton
James E. Thornton | |
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| Born | September 25, 1925 Saint Paul, Minnesota |
| Died | January 11, 2005 (aged 79) |
| Occupation | Computer engineer |
James E. Thornton (September 25, 1925, in Saint Paul, Minnesota – January 11, 2005)[1] was an American computer engineer.
Thornton studied
STAR-100. With Seymour Cray, he was the main developer of the pioneering supercomputer
CDC 6000, which came onto the market in 1964.
In 1974 he co-founded Network Systems Corporation, which manufactured computer networks connecting mainframes and minicomputers, including HYPERchannel.
In 1994 he received the
Eckert-Mauchly Award "for his pioneering work on high performance processors; for inventing the scoreboard for instruction issue; and for fundamental contributions to vector supercomputing."[2] In 1997 he received the Harry H. Goode Memorial Award from the IEEE Computer Society "for pioneering contributions and leadership in high performance computing and networking."[3]
References
- ^ "Thornton". Star Tribune. 14 Jan 2005. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
- ^ IEEE Computer Society. "Eckert-Mauchly Award". computer.org. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
- ^ "Harry H. Goode Memorial Award". IEEE Computer Society. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
External links
- Oral history interview with James E. Thornton at the Charles Babbage Institute
- Design of a Computer the Control Data 6600
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