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- From: merritt@macro.bu.edu (Sean Merritt)
- Newsgroups: misc.invest
- Subject: Re: Supercomputer picks for '93
- Message-ID: <MERRITT.92Dec23120259@macro.bu.edu>
- Date: 23 Dec 92 17:02:59 GMT
- References: <1992Dec21.161812.9321@netcom.com>
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- Organization: Boston University Physics Department
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- In-reply-to: hcb@netcom.com's message of 21 Dec 92 16:18:12 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec21.161812.9321@netcom.com> hcb@netcom.com (H. C. Bowman) writes:
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- % While we are talking about computer manufacturers, what is the net.feeling
- % on the supercomputer market? Is Cray Research a promising pick for '93,
- % or has Fujitsu's announcement of a parallel-vector processor in the 335
- % GFLOP range taken the wind out of Cray's sails (or sales)? What do you
- % make of Digital's Alpha processor (to be used by Cray in '93, I believe)
- % versus IBM's approach of harnessing a team of RS/6000s together? Who
- % are the other players in this game?
- %
- % Any and all recommendations for reading material greatly welcomed!
-
- Kendall Square Research has had a bumpy ride as an IPO. Started around
- 10 went to 5 1/2 and is currently around 13. KSRC on the NASDAQ.
- There machines are massively parallel and scalable. The have a
- patented technology of "all cache" memory.
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- Thinking Machines are still closely held. They are my pick to
- dominate or at least set the pace.
-
- I am from Massachusetts and biased though.
-
- -sjm
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