bryant@market.Alliant.COM (Charlie Bryant) (04/29/91)
Randy: Your inquiry was referred to me by another individual in Alliant who follows the parallel multiprocessor SIG. Alliant makes a line of multiprocessor, shared-memory scientific computers. The FX/800 has from 2-8 CPUs, based on the Intel i860. The FX/2800 has from 8-28 CPUs, using these same basic scheme for linear address space of up to 4 GB/process for all CPUs in the system. The FX/2800 has been shipping for 5 quarters, the FX/800 for 2 quarters. Both systems are UNIX-based. The integer performance of each CPU is 61 KDhrystones, V2.1. The floating point performance of each CPU is 40 Mflops in 64-bit precision. Each CPU will run FFTs at 36 Mflops and convolutions at 75 Mflops (32-bit precision). All Alliant products are designed to run single Fortran, C, and ADA programs in parallel automatically. If you would like more information, I can get you in touch with your local Alliant Representative. Charles Bryant Western Area Technical Marketing Support (213) 769-2345 bryant@alliant.com -- =========================== MODERATOR ============================== Steve Stevenson {steve,fpst}@hubcap.clemson.edu Department of Computer Science, comp.parallel Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634-1906 (803)656-5880.mabell