Supertek Computers

Supertek Computers

Supertek Computers Inc. was a computer company founded in Santa Clara, California in 1985 by Mike Fung, an ex-Hewlett-Packard project manager, with the aim of designing and selling low-cost Cray-compatible minisupercomputers.

Its first product was the Supertek S-1, a compact, air-cooled clone of the Cray X-MP vector processor supercomputer. This was launched in 1989. Only ten were sold before Supertek were acquired by Cray Research in 1990 and the S-1 was subsquently sold for a brief time by Cray as the Cray XMS. At the time of the acquisition the Supertek S-2, a clone of the Cray Y-MP, was under development, and this was eventually launched as the Cray Y-MP EL in 1992.

References

* [http://parallel.ru/history/wilson_history.html The History of the Development of Parallel Computing]
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE1DC133EF933A05750C0A966958260 "Cray in Deal To Acquire Supertek", New York Times]


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать реферат

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Supertek Computers — Inc.  американская компания, производитель компьютеров. Основана в 1985 году в Санта Кларе (Калифорния) ранее работавшим в Hewlett Packard менеджером проектов Майком Фангом, с целью проектировать и продавать недорогие минисуперкомпьютеры… …   Википедия

  • Cray XMS — The Cray XMS was a vector processor minisupercomputer sold by Cray Research from 1990 to 1991. The XMS was originally designed by Supertek Computers Inc. as the Supertek S 1, intended to be a low cost air cooled clone of the Cray X MP with a CMOS …   Wikipedia

  • Minisupercomputer — Not to be confused with superminicomputer. Minisupercomputers constituted a short lived class of computers that emerged in the mid 1980s. As scientific computing using vector processors became more popular, the need for lower cost systems that… …   Wikipedia

  • Cray Y-MP — The Cray Y MP was a supercomputer sold by Cray Research from 1988, and the successor to the company s X MP. The Y MP retained software compatibility with the X MP, but extended the address registers from 24 to 32 bits. High density VLSI ECL… …   Wikipedia

  • Минисуперкомпьютер — Для улучшения этой статьи желательно?: Найти и оформить в виде сносок ссылки на авторитетные источники, подтверждающие написанное. Добавить иллюстрации. Минису …   Википедия

  • Cray — This article is about the corporation. For other uses, see Cray (disambiguation). Cray Inc. Type Public Traded as NASDAQ:  …   Wikipedia

  • Cray Inc. — Cray Inc. Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Para otros usos de este término, véase Cray. Cray Inc. Archivo:Cray logo.png Tipo Public (NASDAQ: CRAY) …   Wikipedia Español

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”