Re: What are people paying for when they by a supercomputer?

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From: Steve Gombosi
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 17:13

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In article <1992Nov16.023102.21232@nas.nasa.gov> eugene@wilbur.nas.nasa.gov (Eugene N. Miya) writes:
>>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.
>

And several hundred gallons of Fluorinert(r) ;-).

Steve

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From: sog@craycos.com (Steve Gombosi)
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Subject: Re: What are people paying for when they by a supercomputer?
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