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Thinking Machines

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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

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Danny Hillis	Business	25-Sep-1956		Co-Founder, Thinking Machines

NOTABLE EMPLOYEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Brewster Kahle	Business	22-Oct-1960		Founder of the Internet Archive
Tsutomu Shimomura	Physicist	23-Oct-1964		Helped catch Kevin Mitnick

EXTRANEOUS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Stephen Wolfram	Mathematician	29-Aug-1959		Creator of Mathematica

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