Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 09:44:54 12/01/97
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On December 01, 1997 at 10:00:54, Ernst A. Heinz wrote: >On December 01, 1997 at 09:23:00, Robert Hyatt wrote: >> >> [...] but getting machine time on a 16 cpu alpha is child's-play >> compared to getting machine time on a T90... > >Well, the largest DEC Alpha SMPs I have heard of contain 12 CPUs >and there are really not that many out there ... :-( > >Only DEC Alpha SMPs with 4 CPUs are widely available. > >=Ernst= our DEC rep has a 20 CPU version in a price-list he's looked at. In addition, there are some non-disclosure things going on at DEC's lab that I can't say anything about. But needless to say, on the high-end lots is going on. IE the SGI folks have large numbers of processors (MIPS R10000's), Sun has a fair number (although the ultrasparc is annoyingly slow), IBM has the SP for the PPC chips, so don't expect Digital to lag too far back. :) And then there is the Cray T3 series of machines, with a *bunch* of alphas interconnected. (bunch == >1024)... not exactly shared memory of course, but usable...
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