Newsgroups: comp.sys.super,comp.parallel.pvm,comp.sys.transputer
From: harry@TC.Cornell.EDU (Harry Bates)
Subject: Parallel Supercomputer
Organization: Cornell Theory Center
Date: 26 Apr 1994 11:42:05 -0400
Message-ID: <2pjcod$qdd@theory.TC.Cornell.EDU>


  			       AFFORDABLE PARALLEL
                                  SUPERCOMPUTER
                                   
            Scalable Supercomputers from Transtech Provide up to 6.4 
                       GFLOPS of Affordable Performance 
                                   
  Transtech Parallel Systems recently announced an Intel i860 based super-
  computer, an affordable parallel supercomputing resource for any numerically 
  intensive application.  These systems are scalable to 6.4 GFLOPS peak
  performance and support up to 16 concurrent users.
  
  Performance is achieved by using a scalable distributed memory architecture.
  Anywhere from 4 to 64 processor nodes can be installed, each consisting of 
  an Intel i860XP-based 100MFLOP vector processor. Each processor has its own
  memory and communications sub-system, so that performance isn't degraded by
  the need to access shared memory. 

  Up to 16 separate file systems can be installed on optional parallel disk
  arrays.  This enables applications which utilize large datasets to page 
  to the disks, implementing an efficient virtual memory system.

  Software development is supported by an environment compliant
  with ANSI and POSIX standards.  Additionally, parallel application
  development is facilitated by a choice of a low-level CSP technique, PVM,
  or PARMACS.
 
  Complete benchmark and application information is available from Transtech.
  
  Transtech Parallel Systems Corporation
  Ithaca NY, 607 257 6502, fax:  607 257 3980, email: transtech@transtech.com

  Transtech Parallel Systems Ltd.
  High Wycombe, Bucks UK,  +44 (0)494 464303, fax:  +44 (0)494 463686
  email: transtech@transtech.co.uk





