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Connection Machine
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<p>The Connection Machine (CM) is a member of a series of <a href="/facts/Massively_parallel/dX7W2Nxs">massively parallel</a> <a href="/facts/Supercomputer/HT9NwGAN">supercomputers</a> sold by <a href="/facts/Thinking_Machines_Corporation/t1fQ0tRt">Thinking Machines Corporation</a>. The idea for the Connection Machine grew out of doctoral research on alternatives to the traditional <a href="/facts/Von_Neumann_architecture/te0yulFa">von Neumann architecture</a> of computers by <a href="/facts/Danny_Hillis/MrA9p7TB">Danny Hillis</a> at <a href="/facts/Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology/Xk49vNA8">Massachusetts Institute of Technology</a> (MIT) in the early 1980s. Starting with CM-1, the machines were intended originally for applications in <a href="/facts/Artificial_intelligence/lJGauQwX">artificial intelligence</a> (AI) and symbolic processing, but later versions found greater success in the field of <a href="/facts/Computational_science/PnVD19hw">computational science</a>. </p>