<s>
The	O
tyranny	B-Device
of	I-Device
numbers	I-Device
was	O
a	O
problem	O
faced	O
in	O
the	O
1960s	O
by	O
computer	O
engineers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
known	O
recorded	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
term	O
in	O
this	O
context	O
was	O
made	O
by	O
the	O
Vice	O
President	O
of	O
Bell	O
Labs	O
in	O
an	O
article	O
celebrating	O
the	O
10th	O
anniversary	O
of	O
the	O
invention	O
of	O
the	O
transistor	B-Application
,	O
for	O
the	O
"	O
Proceedings	O
of	O
the	O
IRE	O
"	O
(	O
Institute	O
of	O
Radio	O
Engineers	O
)	O
,	O
June	O
1958	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
the	O
"	O
tyranny	B-Device
of	I-Device
numbers	I-Device
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
result	O
was	O
what	O
are	O
today	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
the	O
third-generation	B-Architecture
computers	I-Architecture
,	O
which	O
became	O
commonplace	O
during	O
the	O
early	O
1970s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
progeny	O
of	O
the	O
integrated	O
circuit	O
,	O
the	O
microprocessor	B-Architecture
,	O
eventually	O
superseded	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
individual	O
ICs	O
as	O
well	O
,	O
placing	O
the	O
entire	O
collection	O
of	O
modules	O
onto	O
one	O
chip	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Seymour	O
Cray	O
was	O
particularly	O
well	O
known	O
for	O
making	O
complex	O
designs	O
work	O
in	O
spite	O
of	O
the	O
tyranny	B-Device
of	I-Device
numbers	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yet	O
even	O
Cray	O
eventually	O
succumbed	O
to	O
the	O
problem	O
during	O
the	O
CDC	B-Device
8600	I-Device
project	O
,	O
which	O
eventually	O
led	O
to	O
him	O
leaving	O
Control	O
Data	O
.	O
</s>
