CRAY-2 Reboot

The CRAY-2 Computer System set the standard for the next generation of supercomputers in 1985. It was characterized by a large Common Memory (256 million 64-bit words), four Background Processors, a clock cycle of 4.1 nanoseconds (4.1 billionths of a… more »

In addition to the cooling technology, the CRAY-2's extremely high processing rates were achieved by a balanced integration of scalar and vector capabilities and a large Common Memory in a multiprocessing environment.   The significant architectural… more »