Supercomputer — A supercomputer is a computer that is at the frontline of processing capacity, particularly speed of calculation (at the time of its introduction). The term Super Computing was first used by New York World newspaper in 1929 [cite book |last=Eames … Wikipedia
Vector processor — A vector processor, or array processor, is a CPU design where the instruction set includes operations that can perform mathematical operations on multiple data elements simultaneously. This is in contrast to a scalar processor which handles one… … Wikipedia
supercomputer — /sooh peuhr keuhm pyooh teuhr, sooh peuhr keuhm pyooh teuhr/, n. a very fast, powerful mainframe computer, used in advanced military and scientific applications. [SUPER + COMPUTER] * * * Any of a class of extremely powerful digital computers. The … Universalium
Chaining (vector processing) — In computing, chaining is a technique used in computer architecture in which scalar and vector registers generate interim results which can be used immediately, without additional memory references which reduce computational speed.[1] The… … Wikipedia
FLOPS — Computer performance Name FLOPS yottaFLOPS 1024 zettaFLOPS 1021 exaFLOPS 1018 petaFLOPS 1015 teraFLOPS 1012 gigaFLOPS 109 megaFLOPS 106 kiloFLOPS … Wikipedia
Cray X2 — The Cray X2 is a vector processing node for the Cray XT5h supercomputer, developed and sold by Cray Inc. and launched in 2007. The X2, developed under the code name Black Widow, was originally expected to be a standalone supercomputer system,… … Wikipedia
NEC SX-6 — The SX 6 is a supercomputer built by NEC Corporation that debuted in 2001; the SX 6 was sold under license by Cray Inc. in the U.S. Each SX 6 single node system contains up to eight vector processors, which share up to 64 GB of computer memory.… … Wikipedia
Cray-3 — The Cray 3 was a vector supercomputer intended to be Cray Research s successor to the Cray 2. The system was to be the first major application of gallium arsenide (GaAs) semiconductors in computing. The project was not considered a success, and… … Wikipedia
64-bit — CPUs have existed in supercomputers since the 1960s and in RISC based workstations and servers since the early 1990s. In 2003 they were introduced to the (previously 32 bit) mainstream personal computer arena, in the form of the x86 64 and 64 bit … Wikipedia
NEC SX-9 — The SX 9 is a supercomputer built by NEC Corporation. The SX 9 Series implements an SMP system in a compact node module and uses an enhanced version of the single chip vector processor that was introduced with the SX 6. The NEC SX 9 processors… … Wikipedia
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