Comparisons of Some Large Scientific ComputersNASA, Langley Research Center, 1981 - 38 pages |
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240 million words 40 million Advanced Scientific Computer aeronautical design Aeronautics and Space Agency aircraft Ames Research Center application driven application software APPROXIMATE COST PERCENTAGES arithmetic unit ARPA Ballistic Missile Defense billion floating point brief study Burroughs central processing unit computational aerodynamics computational cost computational fluid dynamics COMPUTER COMPARISONS computer complex COMPUTER SPEED computer-research contract control console Control Data Corporation Control Unit cost overruns CRAY CYBER Element Processor Ensemble estimated cost floating point operations hardware ILLIAC IV in-house input Johnson Space Center large scientific computers line item memory and speed MEMORY MEMORY MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY Mission Simulator SMS Moffett Field NASA NASA's proposed Numerical Aerodynamic Simulator operations per second Parallel Element Processor parallel processors PE's percent processing elements Processor Ensemble PEPE procurer radar Shuttle Mission Simulator SMS computer Space Administration STAR Support Processing System System Development Corporation systems house technical scope UNIVAC user interface software vectors