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From: mrmca@tramp.Colorado.EDU (MCALLISTER MICHAEL R)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.cray
Subject: Re: The naming scheme of Cray X-MP
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Date: 27 Feb 91 22:10:33 GMT
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In article <1991Feb27.190807.26406@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> sushil@omena.cps.msu.edu (Sushil Bhattacharjee) writes:
>Hi,
>This may be the wrong place to ask this question, but I could not find
>any other appropriate newsgroup. 
>My question is - What do the numbers at the end of 'Cray X-MP' mean in
>the name of the machine? 
>e.g.  What does the 12 mean in 'Cray X-MP/12' or the 48 in 'Cray X-MP/48' ?
>
>I do not usually read this newsgroup, so I will appriciate it if you
>send e-mail to sushil@pixel.cps.msu.edu, in case you know the answer.

Please send this info to me as well. Thanks.
I assume the numbers have something to do with the numbers of banks and/or
cpus.

>Thanks,
>Sushil

Mike McAllister
mrmca@tramp.colorado.edu