NEC SX-4B on Ebay

[Dave McGuire]

On Oct 9, 2008, at 11:26 PM, William Donzelli wrote:
>>  The code is being developed on a (slow but cheap to run) YMP-EL,  
>> and it
>> will eventually run on a (fast but expensive to run) SV-1.
>
> Who is actually still using an SV1 in production? It is a ten year  
> old super.

   Eight, actually.  My employer is about to be, and there are quite  
a few others.  With design cycles measured in years rather than  
weeks, the supercomputer world doesn't consider things "obsolete" as  
quickly as the PC world.  Indeed, the code is being developed on a 25- 
year-old super, but admittedly only because it's available and  
compatible.

   Besides, SV1ex machines are still pretty pricey, and T90s are  
pretty difficult to find, and WAY out of any reasonable price range.

           -Dave

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Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL