On Wed, 16 Jun 1999, Gary Diehl wrote:
> I thought this was interesting...
>
> http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9906/15/supercomp.idg/index.html
>
> If you don't have time to read it, here are some quotes:
>
> "Within 18 months, you may be able to put the equivalent of today's
> supercomputer on your desktop--for about $1000"
>
> "The new computer will be able to process 100 billion instructions per
> second, according to Kent Gilson, chief technical officer of Star Bridge
> Systems."
>
> "HAL-300GrW1, a "hypercomputer" that is said to be 60,000 times as fast
> as a 350-MHz Pentium, and many times as fast as IBM's supercomputer
> Pacific Blue."
>
> ...
>
> Goodness, if we could get one of these for GIMPS...
>From the same article:
is on its high-end hypercomputer line, HAL. The HAL-300GrW1 has a price
tag of about $26 million, so it doesn't take a hypercomputer to
understand why Star Bridge Systems has chosen to direct its attention
to the HAL line first.
If we could get one of these, we could use the money better for 60,000
PII-350's anyway:)
>
> Gary Diehl
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