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Article #20712Re: DARPA supercomputer
From: Michael J. Tighe
Date: Sun, 09 Apr 1989 16:36
Date: Sun, 09 Apr 1989 16:36
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In article <2866@uokmax.UUCP> les@uokmax.UUCP (The Doctor) writes: > <quote from 12/88 Electronics magazine> >"The Cray-3 will pack all the circuitry for a full-blown 16-processor machine >with 4 gigabytes of main memory into less than a cubic foot of space." This is misleading. Although the actual CPU & memory modules may take up less than a cubic foot of space, they also need power supplies and a cooling system (immersion). The actual system is much larger. Based on the pictures of the prototype Cray-3 that I saw (Supercomputing 88), the dimensions of the Cray-3 appear to be are around 2.5 feet in diameter (octagonal shape) and 3 feet high (more or less). This is a lot more than a cubic foot. -- ------------- Michael Tighe internet: mjt@super.org uunet: ...!uunet!super!mjt
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!lll-lcc!lll-winken!uunet!super!mjt From: mjt@super.ORG (Michael J. Tighe) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: DARPA supercomputer Keywords: Cray-3 Message-ID: <7975@super.ORG> Date: 9 Apr 89 16:36:05 GMT References: <2866@uokmax.UUCP> Sender: news@super.ORG Reply-To: mjt@super.UUCP (Michael J. Tighe) Distribution: na Organization: Supercomputing Research Center, Lanham, Md. Lines: 18