Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site ucbvax.ARPA Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!prls!amdimage!amdcad!decwrl!ucbvax!daemon From: info-vax@ucbvax.ARPA Newsgroups: fa.info-vax Subject: Number Crunching Hardware? Message-ID: <9651@ucbvax.ARPA> Date: Sun, 4-Aug-85 23:17:12 EDT Article-I.D.: ucbvax.9651 Posted: Sun Aug 4 23:17:12 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 6-Aug-85 06:03:45 EDT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.ARPA Organization: University of California at Berkeley Lines: 31 From: Ken Mandelberg We are currently preparing a grant request to add some number crunching hardware to our Vax 750/FPA/4.2BSD configuration. Neither the means, nor the precise requirements are firm as yet. This letter is a fishing trip for suggestions. I see the options as either being some Vax hardware (maybe an array processor on the Unibus), or some external computational node(s) networked to the Vax (maybe a Celerity, microvax, or a hypercube). The budget limit is about $100K. The crunchers use Fortran, so this must run well on the new hardware. A solution that added to our horsepower for compiles at the same time would be desirable. The last time I looked into array processors (a few years ago) there seemed to be nothing around that talked to Unix. Any suggestion or pointers would be appreciated. Ken Mandelberg Emory University Dept of Math and CS Atlanta, Ga 30322 {akgua,sb1,gatech,decvax}!emory!km USENET km@emory CSNET km.emory@csnet-relay ARPANET