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Vector Register, Parallel, Shared-Memory Architecture
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{\bf Architecture:}
This is a 4-processor (quadrant) vector machine with
pipelining and overlapping but no chaining.  There are more
segments in the pipes than in the other CRAYs.  Multitasking
primitives have same syntax as the X-MP.

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The system has a 4.1-nsec clock cycle time.

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Memory is 256 Mwords of 256 K DRAM in 128 banks. The bank
busy time is 57 clocks, and the scalar memory access time is
59 clocks.  Local memory is 16 Kwords, 4 clocks from local
memory to vector registers.  Vector references from local
memory must be with unit stride.  There are 8 vector
registers each with 64 elements.

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abc\=     \kill
Overheads for vector operations are large:\\
\&gt;  63 cycles for vector load\\
\&gt;  22 cycles for vector multiply\\
\&gt;  22 cycles for vector add\\
\&gt;  63 cycles for vector store
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Recent enhancements to the CRAY-2 include a 512 Mword memory and
models with 128 Mword static RAM. Other improvements include
implementing functional units in VLSI (and cutting latency time by
half), a larger instruction buffer, reduced branch time, and
faster issue rates for certain sequences of instructions.


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{\bf Configurations:}
Cray has an ongoing commitment to high-speed peripherals and
fast network links. HSX is a 100 Mbytes/sec link for connecting
CRAYs together. CRAYs can be linked to Ultra Corporations 1.6Gbit
Ultra bus in addition to standard connections with Ethernet
(TCP/IP), and VME buses. The DD-40 disks each hold 5 Gbytes and
have a transfer rate of 10 Mbytes/sec.

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The machine is liquid cooled using inert fluorocarbon.

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aaa\= \kill
{\bf Software:}\\
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\&gt;  UNIX-based OS (called UNICOS)\\
\&gt;  C compiler\\
\&gt;  CFT2 (Fortran compiler)\\
\&gt;  CFT77
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{\bf Performance:}
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Peak performance is 488 Mflops per processor.
A matrix multiply code has run at 1.7Gflops on 4 processors.

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{\bf Status:}
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Cost: \$15M - \$20M

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Delivered: NMFECC, NASA Ames, University of Minnesota,
Harwell Laboratory, Stuttgart, and Ecole Polytechnique (Paris).

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{\bf Contact:}
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Cray Research Inc.\\
1440 Northland Drive\\
Mendota Heights, MN 55120\\
612-452-6650\\
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