The future of GaAs in the CRAY-3 and CRAY-4 supercomputers

Author

Watts, H.R.

Author_Institution

Cray Computer Corp., Colorado Springs, CO, USA

fYear

1993

fDate

10-13 Oct. 1993

Firstpage

137

Lastpage

139

Abstract

The CRAY-3 system is operational. The first system to use GaAs for all logic and unique miniaturized packaging was first benchmarked in early 1993 with a subsequent delivery to the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) May 24, 1993. The system clock operates at 480 MHz and is competitive with any other system currently on the market. The investment in GaAs and packaging will be taken advantage of, allowing, rapid movement to the CRAY-4 system. The CRAY-4 will use higher density GaAs ICs and have a 1000 MHz clock. This system is expected to be the fastest system on the market when it is introduced in late 1994.<>

Keywords

Cray computers; III-V semiconductors; gallium arsenide; integrated circuit packaging; logic arrays; mainframes; parallel architectures; parallel machines; very high speed integrated circuits; 1000 MHz; 480 MHz; CRAY supercomputers; CRAY-3 system; CRAY-4 system; GaAs; III-V semiconductors; architecture; logic density; massively parallel; miniaturized packaging; Clocks; Computer architecture; Costs; Drives; Gallium arsenide; Investments; Logic; Packaging; Springs; Supercomputers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Gallium Arsenide Integrated Circuit (GaAs IC) Symposium, 1993. Technical Digest 1993., 15th Annual

Conference_Location

San Jose, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1393-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GAAS.1993.394484

Filename

394484