Talk:Cray-2

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Look: I don't know all of whom has contributed to this well meaning page, but it has some just completely wrong impressions. I've stood next to this EPFL machine in the photos (not the best representative photos) as well as 1 of the 2 Cray-2s the NSA purchased. The X-MP wasn't a better crypto machine. The NSA uses whatever it can get, and I know they were happy with their 2 2s for that time (as well as they could be [it didn't run their own in-house OS, but it was one they were familiar with]). You only had to be at LANL to miss out on big memories. They had to wait for a big Y-MP years later.

The comment about the X1 is strange. I have no idea what that person can be thinking, because I have limited familiarity with the X1. I am familiar with Cray 3 and Cray 4 architecture design differences and the agony CCC went through. I do know what I would ask to disambiguate that person's knowledge about the X1.

That coment should either be removed/retracted or refined/elaborated.

[edit] How many sold?

The article vaguely mentions that Cray-2 machines "found their way" to several places, but that section should state some sales data and revenue data, especially if it can be compared to Cray-1 and Cray XMP sales. Tempshill 16:46, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Speed?

Reading this article I can't figure out how fast the Cray-2 was. While parallell and single-CPU machines can't be easily compared, some benchmark or number, like floating point operations or working memory ought to be available.EverGreg (talk) 14:37, 31 March 2008 (UTC)