The Cray S-MP was a multiprocessor server computer sold by Cray Research from 1992 to 1993. It was based around the Sun
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The Cray S-MP was a multiprocessor server computer sold by Cray Research from 1992 to 1993. It was based around the Sun
Sun Microsystems
Sun Microsystems, Inc. is a multinational corporation vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information technology services, founded on February 24, 1982.... SPARC
SPARC
SPARC is a Reduced Instruction Set Computer microprocessor instruction set Computer architecture originally designed in 1985 by Sun Microsystems.... microprocessor
Microprocessor
A microprocessor incorporates most or all of the functions of a central processing unit on a single integrated circuit . The first microprocessors emerged in the early 1970s and were used for electronic calculators, using Binary-coded decimal arithmetic on 4-bit Word .... architecture and could be configured with up to eight 66 MHz BIT
Bipolar Integrated Technology
Bipolar Integrated Technology was a semiconductor company based in Beaverton, Oregon which sold products implemented with ECL technology. The company was founded in 1983 by former Floating Point Systems, Intel, and Tektronix engineers.... B5000 processors. Optionally, a Cray APP
Cray APP
The Cray APP was a parallel computer sold by Cray Research from 1992 onwards. It was based around the Intel i860 microprocessor and could be configured with up to 84 processors.... matrix
Matrix (mathematics)
In mathematics, a matrix is a rectangular array of numbers, as shown at the right. In addition to a number of elementary, entrywise operations such as matrix addition a key notion is matrix multiplication.... co-processor cluster could be added to an S-MP system.
The S-MP was originally designed by FPS Computing as the FPS Model 500EA. FPS were acquired by Cray Research in 1991, becoming Cray Research Superservers Inc., and the Model 500EA was relaunched by Cray in 1992 as the S-MP.
The S-MP was a short-lived model, and was superseded by the Cray CS6400
Cray CS6400
The Cray Superserver 6400, or CS6400, was a multiprocessor server computer system produced by Cray Research Superservers, Inc., a subsidiary of Cray Research, and launched in 1993.... .
