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Re: Fujitsu Supercomputer Statement of Direction

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From: Jason W Solinsky
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 15:25
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In article <153j3gINN86a@early-bird.think.com>, sandee@Think.COM (Daan Sandee) writes:
|> In article <1992Jul28.125822.17675@athena.mit.edu>, solman@athena.mit.edu (Jason W Solinsky) writes:
|> |> Without getting rid of any facts about the computer or directions of the company
|> |> this should be rewritten as:
|> |> 
|> |>   After experimenting with several parallel technologies, Fujitsu has build a
|> |>   300 GFLOP machine with hundreds of processors.
|> |> 
|> |> The end.
|> 
|> Apparently the hundreds of lines of marketeers' language did its job. They
|> have fooled you.
|> Actually, they say they are *developing* such a system. They didn't say
|> they *have built* it yet. Scheduled for later this year, but they
|> don't say whether that is the 300-GFLOPS system or a smaller one.

Actually I didn't pay attention to that part because I know the USA will
make sure that its laws (both written and in the works) prevent its profitable
sale in the US. I'm not unhappy about that, BTW. In fact I rather like it, but
its the primary consideration when talking about a Japanese supercomputer.

Jason W. Solinsky
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