Random conversation in Matt McGrath’s office a couple years ago after reading Nick Chrisman’s book we all knew

Cray Research releases the Cray-1

• Cray Research releases the Cray-1

• $8.8 million ($32 million today)
• 160 MIPS, 136 MegaFLOPS
• 80MHz, 64-bit, vector processor
• Over 80 sold

• IBM’s Blue Gene/Q will be 20 PetaFLOPS in 2012

• 160 million times faster
• 98,304 nodes, 1.6 million cores, 1.6 PB RAM, covering 3000 square feet, drawing 6 megawatts of power

X.25 packet switching network standard developed by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) was approved

• X.25 packet switching network standard developed by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) was approved

• In 1974, formed the basis of the SERCnet network between British academic and research sites (later became JANET)
• Used for the first dial-in public access networks, such as CompuServe and Tymnet
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