Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!wuarchive!rex!spool.mu.edu!cs.umn.edu!uc!uh!alan From: alan@uh.msc.umn.edu (Alan Klietz) Newsgroups: comp.sys.super Subject: Re: How you define a supercomputer ? Message-ID: <4098@uc.msc.umn.edu> Date: 15 May 91 19:36:30 GMT References: <1991May12.160205.9784@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu> <1991May13.051215.8101@nas.nasa.gov> <377@nic.cerf.net> <1511@caslon.cs.arizona.edu> Sender: news@uc.msc.umn.edu Reply-To: alan@msc.edu (Alan Klietz) Organization: what? Lines: 4 A supercomputer is any machine which is faster than IBM's current top-of-line mainframe. So by definition, a 3090 is not a supercomputer. :-)