Cray-3 CPU section
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- Details
- Description
- Date Introduced
- 1995
- Photographer
- Richards, Mark
- Dimensions
- overall: 8 in x 14 in x 11 in
- Manufacturer
- Cray Computer Corporation
- Credit Line
- Gift of Len Shustek
- Copyright Owner
- © Mark Richards
- Location
- United States
- Keywords
- Cray-3 (computer); Fluorinert; gallium arsenide; Cray, Seymour; Cray Computer Corporation
- Object ID
- 102631029
- Speed
- 15 GFLOPS
- Memory Size
- 2GW
- Memory Width
- 64-bit
- Cost
- $30,000,00
Unlike Cray’s previous designs, the Cray-3 used unproven technology—gallium arsenide—and Cray had to invest in the company making them. The clock speed of 474 Mhz was impressive for the time, but the machine was difficult to manufacture.
