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From: dave@VAX1.CC.UAKRON.EDU (David Stoutamire)
Newsgroups: comp.parallel
Subject: Re: Commercial Hypercube Systems
Keywords: Ncube, Intel iPSC2, Meiko
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Date: 17 Mar 89 18:34:28 GMT
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In article <4784@hubcap.UUCP> fostel@cscadm.ncsu.edu (Gary Fostel) writes:
>
>    We are about to purchase a low end parallel system, almost certainly
>    a hypercube or similar system.  There seem to be only 2 or 3 vendors
>    offering such systems: NCube, Intel and possibly Meiko.  We need to 
>    hear feedback from people who have actually used these systems;  if
>    you have opinions but no experience, please respect our need for 
>    direct experience. 
>
>    The scale of the system we are going to buy is whatever can be bought
>    on University discounts for not much more than $100k.
>

This about describes our situation at the University Of Akron.  We
have funding for a parallel system in the $100k range and need to 
obtain information about available systems.  Shared
memory type machines need not apply, as we will soon be obtaining
one of that sort and wish to diversify.  Of particular interest are
hypercube architectures.  This post may be interpreted by vendors
as a request for informational literature.  As in the above post,
we also welcome any comments pro/con from people who have actually used
these systems.  Respond on the net, or literature may be sent to:

		Dr. Hui Tan	
		Akron University
		Dept. of Math
		Akron, OH  44325