Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!emory!hubcap!ncrcae!nncrcae!sauron!harris From: harris@sauron.Columbia.NCR.COM (Ray Harris) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ncr Subject: Re: NCR's 3000 series to replace towers??? Message-ID: <1991Apr16.081915.17141@nncrcae.Columbia.NCR.COM> Date: 16 Apr 91 12:19:15 GMT References: <5904@holston.UUCP> <391@wybbs.mi.org> Organization: NCR Corp, E&M-Columbia, Columbia, SC Lines: 19 Nntp-Posting-Host: sauron -In article <391@wybbs.mi.org> sleepy@wybbs.UUCP (Mike Faber) writes: ->In article <5904@holston.UUCP> barton@holston.UUCP (Barton A. Fisk) writes: ->>In article nolan@helios.unl.edu writes: ->> ->>Do the high end (ie. 3400 and >) support symetric multiprocessing? -> ->This was one thing that NCR was VERy vague about. They're going to use ->(they say) loosely coupled processing, and the 3700 and 3800 are suppposed to ->supercede all supercomputers in terms of MIPS. The lowest level 3000 that is ->multi processor - the 3500 - uses tightly coupled architechture, and will ->use up to 6 486/50's. ->> The MP 3400 and 3500 models will be tightly coupled and symmetric. The 3550 will support up to eight 50 Mhz 80486's. -- Ray.Harris@ncrcae.Columbia.NCR.COM (Ray Harris) ..!uunet!ncrlnk!ncrcae!harris ...!gatech!hubcap!ncrcae!harris