IBM Memo on cdc6600 Thomas Watson Jr, IBM CEO, August 1963 Last week Control data. announced the 6600 system /understand that in the laborator developing the system there are only 34 people including the janitor. of these, 14 are engineers and 4 are programmers. Contrasting this modest effort with our vast development activities, fail to understand why we have lost our industry leadership position by letting someone else offer the world's most powerful computer. To which Cray replied: "t seems like Mr Watson has answered his own question 2021/2/1 计算机体系结构IBM Memo on CDC6600 Thomas Watson Jr., IBM CEO, August 1963: “Last week, Control Data ... announced the 6600 system. I understand that in the laboratory developing the system there are only 34 people including the janitor. Of these, 14 are engineers and 4 are programmers... Contrasting this modest effort with our vast development activities, I fail to understand why we have lost our industry leadership position by letting someone else offer the world's most powerful computer.” To which Cray replied: “It seems like Mr. Watson has answered his own question.” 2021/2/1 计算机体系结构 9