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The Massively Parallel Processor (MPP) is the 16,384-processor computer developed by Goodyear Aerospace for 1983 installation at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Earth and Space Data Computing Division (ESDCD) at the Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC). The MPP pioneered the linking together of a collection of computers to accomplish large tasks quickly via network. The MPP was retired from service with GSFC in 1991 and was donated to the National Air and Space Museum in 1995.
NASM.2006.0017
Goodyear Aerospace Corporation
bulk 1978-1986
Carl Mickelson, Gift, Year received
1.8 Cubic feet ((5 letter boxes))
National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of two cubic feet of documentation (from 1978-1986) on the Massively Parallel Processor (MPP), including the following: Goodyear Aerospace Corporation reports, internal memorandums, project notes, correspondence, diagrams, a handwritten manuscript of a MPP manual, and progress reports.
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Massively Parallel Processor (MPP) Documentation, Accession number 2006-0017, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Aerospace engineering
Astronautics
Computer networks
Computers
Massively Parallel Processor (MPP)
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Correspondence
Reports
Drawings
Manuscripts