On August 6, Heinz Wolter wrote:
> Most interesting is that Cray signed a sales/service distribution deal
> with of all companies -DEC- but but later cancelled when they couldn't
> sell enough units. The YMP-EL gave rise to EL-98, 94 and 92 models
> and was the basis for the J90, J90se (100Mhz clock) and SV1(300Mhz)
> systems. Later, Cray would use the DEC Alpha 21044 in the T3D & T3E
> massively parallel systems - the start of the end for vector
> supercomputers.
Gotta correct you here, Heinz...The Cray MPP and PVP families have
coexisted for some time, and will continue to do so for the forseeable
future. Massively parallel scalar systems can't replace vector
processors for all applications. They're not considered to be
"newer" or "better" in any way, just different. The SV2, for example,
is about to ship, with its successor in the design stages right now.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
Laurel, MD
Received on Mon Aug 06 2001 - 17:47:55 BST