Thinking Machines Corporation (1983 - 1994)

danny hillis wanted a computer built from sixty-five thousand tiny processors instead of one large fast one, and thinking machines turned that thesis into a black cube whose front panel blinked red while it worked. for a few years around 1990 it held the top of the supercomputer list, with richard feynman having worked on the router that held it together. then washington was accused of favoring…