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Thinking Machines Corporation
     
         The company that introduced the {Connection Machine
        parallel computer} ca 1984.  Four of the world's ten most
        powerful {supercomputers} are Connection Machines.  Thinking
        Machines is the leader in scalable computing, with software
        and applications running on parallel systems ranging from 16
        to 1024 processors.  In developing the Connection Machine
        system, Thinking Machines also did pioneering work in parallel
        software.
     
        The 1993 technical applications market for massively parallel
        systems was approximately $310 million, of which Thinking
        Machines Corporation held a 29 percent share.  Thinking
        Machines planned to become a software provider by 1996, by
        which time the parallel computing market was expected to have
        grown to $2 billion.
     
        Thinking Machines Corporation has 200 employees and offices
        worldwide.
     
        Address: 245 First Street, Cambridge, MA 02142-1264, USA.
        Telephone: +1 (617) 234 1000.  Fax: +1 (617) 234 4444.
     
        (1994-12-01)