The Seymour Cray Era of Supercomputers : From Fast Machines to Fast Codes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Elzen, Boelie.

Contributor:

Mackenzie, Donald.

Series:

ACM Bks.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Supercomputers.

Computer engineering.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (282 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Morgan & Claypool Publishers, 2025.

Summary:

This book describes the development and use of supercomputers in the period 1960-1996, a time that can be called the Seymour Cray Era. For more than three decades, Cray's computer designs were seen as the yardstick against which all other efforts were measured.

Contents:

The Seymour Cray Era of Supercomputers

Contents

Prologue

Preface

Acknowledgments

I SPEED AT ALL COSTS

1 The Dawn of the Supercomputer Era

1.1 Historical and Technical Overview

1.1.1 A Brief History

1.1.2 Technology and Architecture

1.2 Launching of the Supercomputer Era by the Nuclear Weapons Labs

1.2.1 Using Computers in Nuclear Weapons Design

1.2.2 LARC and Stretch

1.3 A Big Leap Forward: The CDC 6600

1.3.1 From ERA to CDC

1.3.2 The CDC 6600

2 Exploring Architectural Variety

2.1 Bifurcation of the Computerworld

2.1.1 CDC versus IBM

2.1.2 Users of Supercomputers

2.2 Upward Compatibility—The CDC 7600

2.3 The Paradox of Speed—The STAR-100

2.4 From “Seismic” to “Scientific”—The TI ASC

2.5 Cray's Fastest Clock Approach—The CDC 8600

3 Losing and Regaining Focus: From CDC to CRI

3.1 CDC Targets the IBM World

3.2 A Clean Sheet of Paper: The CRAY-1

3.2.1 Incorporation of Cray Research

3.2.2 Design of the CRAY-1

3.3 Looking Back at the First Phase in Supercomputing: Speed at All Costs Generated by AI.

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ISBN:

979-84-00-71371-2

OCLC:

1492041289