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From: vu0208@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu ()
Subject: Re: IT'S CM-200!!
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Date: Wed, 12 Jun 1991 06:03:57 GMT


> 
>               THINKING MACHINES' NEW CM-200
>                 A 100-USER SUPERCOMPUTER
>              SETS SUPERCOMPUTER SPEED RECORD
>  
> 
.....[stuff deleted].....

> Thinking MachinesU CM-200, which is compatible with the entire line of
> Connection Machine( supercomputers, clocked 9.03 GFlops double precision
> and over 17 GFlops single precision on the industry standard LINPACK
> benchmark. It uses enhanced hardware technology, a faster clock speed, and
> a new generation of interprocessor communications technology. Peak speed of
> the CM-200 processor is 40 GFlops.  Prices for full 64,000 processor CM-200
> configurations range from $8 million to $10 million.  First deliveries are
> scheduled for summer.

   Could anyone elaborate on the new generation of interprocessor
communication technology of CM-200. I would like to especially hear from
TMC folks...!