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Article #20656Re: DARPA supercomputer
From: Randell Jesup
Date: Wed, 05 Apr 1989 05:03
Date: Wed, 05 Apr 1989 05:03
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In article <9951@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU> mdeale@algol.acs.calpoly.edu () writes:
>
>Hello,
> many of you may have already seen this. What follows is a quote from
>Aviation Week (AvLeak), 3/6/89 issue. Disclaimer: I have no affiliation
>with them, my purpose in posting this is to inform only.
>
> DARPA research efforts: "... * A miniature supercomputer capable of
>operating at a speed of 1 billion operations/sec. and occupying a volume
>of only 10 cu. in., is projected to be demonstrated in 1990." p.27
>[other projects mentioned]
Well, the government put out an RFP (?) for a gigaflop (note flops,
not ops) design back in '87. Could well be a variant on one of the
responses to that request for proposals (though the size allowed was more
than 10 cubic inches, more like 100 or 1000.)
A practical design, well, that's another story. I'll believe such
a machine when I see it (and we may).
--
Randell Jesup, Commodore Engineering {uunet|rutgers|allegra}!cbmvax!jesup
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!lll-lcc!pyramid!cbmvax!jesup From: jesup@cbmvax.UUCP (Randell Jesup) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: DARPA supercomputer Message-ID: <6504@cbmvax.UUCP> Date: 5 Apr 89 05:03:35 GMT References: <9951@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU> Reply-To: jesup@cbmvax.UUCP (Randell Jesup) Distribution: usa Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA Lines: 22