Is there a Cray in Israel?

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2 total messages Started by William Thomas Angel Wed, 28 Oct 1992 00:44

Author: William Thomas Angel
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1992 00:44

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I recently heard a rumor that the University of Haifa (in Israel) recently
obtained a Cray Supercomputer.  I could not find any confirmation for this
in
the media (Wall Street Journal, etc).  Was the source of this story
misinformed? Did this university get a supercomputer, but from a different
company? Any clarification or refutation of this issue would be appreciated.

-- Bill Angel.

Re: Is there a Cray in Israel?

Author: Larry Meadows
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1992 15:02

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In article <Bwt3DH.Myx@well.sf.ca.us> wtangel@well.sf.ca.us (William Thomas Angel) writes:
>
>I recently heard a rumor that the University of Haifa (in Israel) recently
>obtained a Cray Supercomputer.  I could not find any confirmation for this
>in
>the media (Wall Street Journal, etc).  Was the source of this story
>misinformed? Did this university get a supercomputer, but from a different
>company? Any clarification or refutation of this issue would be appreciated.
>
>-- Bill Angel.

As I recall, the University did want a Cray, but the State Department (or
whoever is in charge of such things) blocked it; they ended up getting
one or two Meiko machines (i860+sparc+transputer massively parallel) from
Meiko U.K.  I think that Cray was annoyed.  Don't recall exactly where
this was published, you should look at some of the trade rags.  I might be
able to track it down if people are interested.

Of course, my facts could be all wrong.

-- 
Larry Meadows		The Portland Group
lfm@pgroup.com

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