Cray X-MP

The Cray X-MP was a supercomputer designed, built and sold by Cray Research. It was announced in 1982 as the "cleaned up" successor to the 1975 Cray-1, and was the world's fastest computer from 1983 to 1985 with a quad-processor system performance of 800 MFLOPS. The principal designer was Steve Chen.

Cray X-MP
The CERN Cray X-MP/48 displayed at the EPFL in Switzerland.
Design
ManufacturerCray Research
DesignerSteve Chen
Release date1982 (1982)
Price$15 million
Casing
Dimensions2.62 m (8.6 ft) x 1.96 m (6.4 ft)
Weight5.12 t (11,300 lb)
Power345 kW
System
Front-endMost minicomputers of the time
Operating systemCOS, UNICOS
CPU4x Vector processor 64 bits @ 105 - 117 MHz
Memory128 megabytes
Storage38.4 gigabytes (32 disks)
MIPS400 MIPS (4 CPU)
FLOPS800 MFLOPS (4 CPU)
PredecessorCray-1
SuccessorCray Y-MP

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