Whats a MassPar?

From: Mike Ford <mikeford_at_netwiz.net>
Date: Sat May 29 00:25:38 1999

>> Two large chassis (size of old fridge) rolled into the salvage yard near
>> me, labeled MassPar and one of them has 8 big, I think, MFM drives in it.
>> Anybody know what this stuff is, or have interest in it? Its cheap, and
>> looks intact and very good shape.
>
>It's a massively parallel supercomputer containing thousands of four bit
>processors. It's a SIMD model; i.e., the thousands of four bit processors
>are all executing the same instruction simultaneously. MassPar was working
>on special FORTRAN and C compilers to run the thing. It's controlled by
>a Digital Ultrix workstation, either a Firefox or a DECstation 5000 depending
>on its age.

Well then add to that, that the workstation may still be there too.
Received on Sat May 29 1999 - 00:25:38 BST