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

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From: Samuel A. Fineberg
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 21:27

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In article <1e8tm6INN61f@early-bird.think.com>, ephraim@think.com (Ephraim Vishniac) writes:
|> In article <1992Nov16.174414.12427@craycos.com> jrbd@craycos.com (James Davies) writes:
|> >Actually, even the $250,000/GFLOP number sounds a bit low to me; $2M/GFLOP
|> >is closer to the current going rate.
|> 
|> I don't know what Cray's prices are, but $250K/GFLOP is the ballpark
|> figure for the CM-5. 
|> 
|> -- 
|> Ephraim Vishniac    ephraim@think.com   ThinkingCorp@applelink.apple.com
|>  Thinking Machines Corporation / 245 First Street / Cambridge, MA 02142
|>         One of the flaws in the anarchic bopper society was
|>         the ease with which such crazed rumors could spread.
Only if you mean peak.  And if you think a CM-5 can deliver $250K/GFLOP on
real application code, I have a bridge over the San Fancisco bay you might 
be interested in.

Sam

P.S., Don't feel so bad, our Cray can't deliver $250K/GFLOP either.  In fact,
we are lucky to get >1 GFLOP out of our Y-MP/8 on real code.

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