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 »

The CRAY-2 hardware is constructed of synchronous networks of binary circuits. These circuits are packaged in approximately 320 pluggable modules. The modules each contain 750 integrated circuit packages. Total integrated circuit population in the… more »