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| Author: | Thompson, T. |
| Title: | The world's fastest computers |
| Journal: | BYTE
1996 : JAN, VOL. 21:1, p. 44-64 |
| Index terms: | COMPUTERS COMPUTER USERS ECONOMICS |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | When the Cold War ended, it looked like the end for supercomputing , too. But then a bank noticed that it could process more financial transactions quicker on a Cray than it could on a mainframe. And an aluminum company found that it could increase the life span of its metal castings with simulations on a Convex. And a telecommunications company figured out how to send its customer bills faster with an IBM. But today you might well make a mistake a next-generation supercomputer for a filing cabinet tucked into an office corner. |
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