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From: km@emory.UUCP (Ken Mandelberg)
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Subject: Number Crunching Hardware?
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Date: Sun, 4-Aug-85 15:38:12 EDT
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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

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