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From: tdonahue@prost.bbn.com (Tim Donahue)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: Be Prepared...
Keywords: Lots Of Memory
Message-ID: <62994@bbn.BBN.COM>
Date: 27 Feb 91 14:50:23 GMT
References: <4517@alliant.Alliant.COM>
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Reply-To: tdonahue@prost.bbn.com (Tim Donahue)
Organization: BBN Advanced Computers, Inc.
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In-reply-to: jgreen@alliant.alliant.com (John C Green Jr)

In article <4517@alliant.Alliant.COM>, jgreen@alliant (John C Green Jr) writes:
>mash@mips.COM (John Mashey) states:
>
>> We do claim that:
>>    a) More than one company that builds micro-based servers will obviously
>>       offer 4 GB of real memory within just a few years.
>
>I agree. Today, 4 days, not years, later Alliant announced a 4 GB real memory
>Intel i860 micro-based `air cooled supercomputer' (crayette, affordable
>supercomputer, minisupercomputer) server for scientific applications.

Congratulations!  How many CPUs are in the largest system (14?), what
does it cost, and what does it score on SPECthruput?

>
>Obviously we won't have the market to ourselves for `just a few years.' Just a
>few months is more likely.
>

You don't have it to yourself now.  As noted in this space before, a
128-processor TC2000 with (128 * 16 Mb =) 2 Gb of real memory is sold,
installed, and running just fine.  We announced the architecture,
scalable to 500+ CPUs, in June of 1989.  We think "the 128" is the
world's largest U**X (insert favorite qualifier here)-computer.  We're
happy to build a 256 (with 4 Gb), call us at 617-873-6000...

Cheers,
Tim