Ardent launches first 'supercomputer on a desk'

Journal Article · Wed Mar 02 23:00:00 EST 1988 · Electronics; (United States)

OSTI ID:6201067

McLeod, J

The first of a new breed of supercomputer is now in the marketplace. Ardent Computer Corp. is shipping pre-production models of what it calls a ''supercomputer on a desktop''. The single-user, graphics-oriented Titan from the Sunnyvale, Calif., startup offers peak performance of 64 million floating-point operations/s and runs the 100-by-100 compiled Linpack benchmark programs at 6 megaflops. That's roughly twice the performance of the first generation of minisupercomputers-but the Titan price peaks at $150,000, where first-generation minisupers run from $500,000 to $1 million. The Titan gets its cost-effective punch from three features, which are described in this article.

• OSTI ID: 6201067
• Journal Information: Electronics; (United States), Journal Name: Electronics; (United States); ISSN ELECA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS
990210* -- Supercomputers-- (1987-1989)
COMPUTERS
DIGITAL COMPUTERS
MICROCOMPUTERS
PERSONAL COMPUTERS
SUPERCOMPUTERS