And initial forays into many cores was decades earlier then that. Aside from big iron, going back to the early 60s, there was some business class devices like t

And initial forays into many cores was decades earlier then that. Aside from big iron, going back to the early 60s, there was some business class devices like those made by Sequent: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequent_Computer_Systems https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequent_Computer_Systems