Re: How you define a supercomputer ?

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From: Alan Klietz
Date: Wed, 15 May 1991 19:36

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A supercomputer is any machine which is faster than IBM's current
top-of-line mainframe. 

So by definition, a 3090 is not a supercomputer. :-)

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