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From: tighe@convex.com (Mike Tighe)
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Subject: Re: 5 billion computations per second!!!
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Date: 26 Mar 91 18:35:55 GMT
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In article <2480@umriscc.isc.umr.edu> mcastle@mcs213e.cs.umr.edu (Mike Castle {Nexus}) writes:

> They said the fastest machine ran there was one made by Thinking Machines,
> Corporation, and turned in a result of 5 BILLION computations per second.

> Does anyone have any more information on this??  What test were run?  What 
> machine is it??  How much is it?  When can I get one? ;->

What I think you heard was an announcement that the CM-2 is the new world
record holder for the Linpack benchmark. It clocked in at around 5.2
GFLOPS. The date of the announcement on the newswire was Mar 21. The
announcement state that for further info you should contact:
 
CONTACT: Martha Keeley of Thinking Machines Corporation, 617-234-5502 or
Maura FitzGerald of Cunningham Communication Inc. for Thinking Machines
Corporation, 617-494-8202.
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