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Article #355Re: What are people paying for when they by a supercomputer?
From: Eugene N. Miya
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 02:31
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 02:31
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>solman@athena.mit.edu (Jason W Solinsky) writes:
>>what are they getting in addition to computational power?
In article <1992Nov15.200933.16043@news.cs.indiana.edu>
"Peter Beckman" <beckman@moose.cs.indiana.edu> writes:
>Simple: R&D, software, support, and lots of cool mugs, t-shirts,
>highlighters, colorful posters, and slick glossies. -Pete
How about >32-bit addressing: multi GB file systems, real 30+ MB/S file reads,
50 MB/S communication, decent numeric FP precision and performance, etc.
--eugene miya, NASA Ames Research Center, eugene@orville.nas.nasa.gov
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