Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!bbn!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!tikal!ole!sss
From: sss@ole.UUCP (Stephen Sugiyama)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: Cray architecture
Message-ID: <418@ole.UUCP>
Date: 24 Mar 88 22:18:58 GMT
References: <7762@alice.UUCP>
Reply-To: sss@ole.UUCP (Stephen Sugiyama)
Organization: Seattle Silicon
Lines: 33
Summary: CRAY-4

In article <7762@alice.UUCP> dmr@alice.UUCP writes:
>Speaking of Cray architectural features, has anyone noticed that the
>Y-MP comes in a dull rectangular box?  It might as well be some silly
>IBM machine (cf.  the International Style).

The photos that I've seen of the CRAY Y-MP have shown a dull rectangluar
box when viewed from the side, but a Y-shaped set of two boxes and two
semi-circular "ears" when viewed from above.  I thought it was clever,
but not stunningly attractive like the CRAY 2.

A short quote from _Cray Channels_, Winter 1987:

"Cray Research announced in November that Seymour Cray has extended
 his design and development agreement with the company.  The agreement
 now extends until December 31, 1992.  The extension relates to Cray's
 decision to begin work on the design of a new supercomputer, the CRAY-4
 system."

"Seymour Cray said he anticipates the new system will have 64 processors
 and will run with a clock speed of one nanosecond (one billionth of a
 second).  The system's performance objective is to provide throughput
 more than 1000 times that of the CRAY-1 computer system, which was
 introduced in 1976.  The CRAY-4 system will be based on gallium arsenide
 circuitry."

"Under the design and development agreement, Seymour Cray acts as an
 independent contractor to Cray Research, furnishing development work
 for the company's advanced computer systems.  The agreement may be
 extended further by additional projects."

-- 
Stephen Sugiyama (uucp: ...uw-beaver!tikal!ole!sss)
Seattle Silicon  (3075 112th Ave NE, Bellevue, WA, 98004 - 206/828-4422)