Second Generation of Vector Supercomputers

1 November 1980

journal article
Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in Computer

Vol. 13 (11) , 71-83
https://doi.org/10.1109/mc.1980.1653422

Abstract

Integral scalar processing and increased parallelism are major advances in supercomputer evolution. Three second-generation machines—BSP, Cyber 205, and Cray-1— are here described and compared.

Keywords

SUPERCOMPUTERS
CHARACTER GENERATION
COMPUTER INTERFACES
COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE
AEROSPACE CONTROL
INSTRUMENTS
ARRAY SIGNAL PROCESSING
PRODUCTION

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