William (Danny) Daniel Hillis

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  • 1956 September 25
    (b.) - ?

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Co-founder of Thinking Machines Corporation, Hillis developed the Connection Machine, a parallel supercomputer he designed at MIT. He also co-founded the Long Now Foundation, Applied Minds, and Metaweb, and authored The Pattern on the Stone: The Simple Ideas That Make Computers Work.

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  • Date of Birth:

    1956 September 25

  • Gender:

    Male

  • Noted For:

    American inventor, entrepreneur, and author; co-founder of Thinking Machines Corporation

  • Category of Achievement:

    Computer Scientist - Software/Mathematics

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