Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!uunet!ogicse!ucsd!network.ucsd.edu!slamont From: slamont@network.ucsd.edu (Steve Lamont) Newsgroups: comp.unix.cray Subject: Re: How much is a cray ?? Message-ID: <5427@network.ucsd.edu> Date: 3 Jun 91 19:52:10 GMT Article-I.D.: network.5427 References: <1991Jun3.034841.25633@marlin.jcu.edu.au> <093454.14049@timbuk.cray.com> Organization: Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA Lines: 27 In article mccalpin@perelandra.cms.udel.edu (John D. McCalpin) writes: >I have never seen a technical summary of the models XMS or Y/MP-EL. > >What are their vital statistics? > >If the XMS is really X/MP compatible, then I guess all I need is the >clock speed. If not, what is the maximum sustainable memory bandwidth >from main memory to vector registers? The XMS is the Supertek S-1 in Cray clothing. 40 nSec clock. Somewhere around a quarter of a single X/MP head. >Ditto for the YMP/EL. Dunno about that one -- I had notes from the dog and pony CRI put on a few weeks ago but can't seem to find them. About 1/4 of a Y/MP rings a bell but I could be making that up. Cray-ons? spl (the p stands for probably comes with a hand crank instead of a bench seat...) -- Steve Lamont, SciViGuy -- (408) 646-2752 -- a guest at network.ucsd.edu -- NPS Confuser Center / Code 51 / Naval Postgraduate School / Monterey, CA 93943 "When people are programming virtual 5-D webs of glowing spidersilk by pure thought power -- there will still be hackers." T.Neff in alt.folklore.computers