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IBM 7030 Stretch

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IBM 7030 Stretch

Summary

IBM 7030 Stretch ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (350 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • IBM 7030 Stretch's manufacturer is recorded as IBM[2].
  • IBM 7030 Stretch is a type of supercomputer[3].
  • IBM 7030 Stretch is a type of IBM mainframe[4].
  • IBM 7030 Stretch is a type of IBM platform[5].
  • IBM 7030 Stretch's designed by is recorded as Gene Amdahl[6].
  • IBM 7030 Stretch's Commons category is recorded as IBM 7030[7].
  • IBM 7030 Stretch's country of origin is recorded as United States[8].
  • May 1961 marks the founding of IBM 7030 Stretch[9].
  • IBM 7030 Stretch's service entry is recorded as May 1961[10].
  • IBM 7030 Stretch's Commons gallery is recorded as IBM 7030[11].
  • IBM 7030 Stretch's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11570', 'amount': '+630'}[12].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include supercomputer[3], IBM mainframe[4], and IBM platform[5].

Origins

May 1961 marks the founding of IBM 7030 Stretch[9].

Why It Matters

IBM 7030 Stretch ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (350 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

Related Entities

Gene Amdahl IBM United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . cugnot.cnam.fr:8000. cugnot.cnam.fr:8000. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Manufacturer → IBM
    Manufacturer → —
    Country of origin → —
    Inception → +1961-05-00T00:00:00Z
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    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007536170905171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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