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From: cps@fir35.cray.com ( Colin :)
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Newsgroups: rec.humor.funny
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Subject: The latest from CRAY...
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Keywords: computer, smirk
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Date: 19 Aug 90 10:30:03 GMT
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I found this floating around here at CRAY Reasearch.
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Minn. (UPI) - Analysts for the long-awaited,
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and much-heralded CRAY-7 SuperSuperSuperComputer
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met today in Minneapolis to discuss telecommunica-
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tion issues for the new machine. The CRAY-7,
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scheduled for delivery early next year, features a
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6.5 psec(picosecond) cycle time on each of its
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4096 processors, which share a 64 Kbank memory,
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each bank to hold 256 Gigawords of 128 bits each.
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CRAY Research has announced that the CRAY-7 will
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be cooled by submerging the entire 2.4 cubic inch
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spherical mainframe in the ice-moon Io, off the
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southern coast of Saturn. When operational under
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the MULTI-CUE(TM) Operating System, the CRAY-7
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will simultaneously support interactive access for
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every man woman and child on Earth with guaranteed
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response time of 14.5 msec(microsecond) or better,
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while running real work on its 4094 background
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processors. Power for the new system will be ob-
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tained by running a drop cord from Io to well in-
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side the orbit of Mercury, where the intensity if
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the Solar flares can be converted to HyperElectri-
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city. The Rings of Saturn will act as a secondary
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storage device (a.k.a. Rotating Mass Storage) for
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the CRAY-7.
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It is reported that much of the CRAY-7 CPU-
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time will be devoted to the design of the CRAY-10.
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