Recount of the (almost) available systems

In this section we give a recount of all types of systems as discussed in the former section and that are marketed presently or will appear within 6 months from now. When vendors market more than one type of machine we will discuss them in distinct subsections. So, for instance, we will discuss Fujitsu systems under entries, VPP5000 and PRIMEPOWER because they have a very different structure.

At the time of writing this report the takeover of Compaq by HP became a fact. But at present it not clear what the impact on the product lines of the two branches would be. Therefore the systems of Compaq and HP will in this issue still be discussed separately and with their old company names.

System descripitions of:

The systems are presented alphabetically. The "Machine type" entry shortly characterises the type of system as discussed in the former chapter: Processor Array, ccNUMA, etc.

• The Cambridge Parallel Processing Gamma II.
• The C-DAC Param 10000 OpenFrame.
• The Compaq GS Series.
• The Compaq AlphaServer SC series.
• The Cray Inc. SV1ex.
• The Cray Inc. T3E.
• The Cray Inc. MTA-2.
• The Cray SX-6.
• The Fujitsu AP3000.
• The Fujitsu/Siemens PRIMEPOWER.
• The Fujitsu VPP5000 series.
• The Hitachi SR8000 system.
• The HP 9000 SuperDome.
• The IBM eServer p690.
• The NEC SX-6.
• The Quadrics Apemille.
• The SGI Origin 3000 series.
• The Sun Fire 3800-15K.