IBM 7030 Data Processing System

The IBM 7030 Data Processing System is the fastest, the most powerful and versatile in the world. It is now nearing completion at IBM's laboratories in Poughkeepsie, New York. The first system, the original STRETCH, is being readied for the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory under contract to the Atomic Energy Commission. Custom-engineered IBM 7030 systems, based on STRETCH's technology, are being made available by IBM to industry and government under negotiated contract terms. Purchase price of representative systems is more than $10,000,000 with monthly rental of more than $300,000.