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- From: cudep@csv.warwick.ac.uk (Ian Dickinson)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
- Subject: Re: How does the new 2000+MIP Sun server compare against a Cray/XMP?
- Date: 18 Nov 1992 11:18:43 -0000
- Organization: Team Limpid's Meathead With Aptitude - Kunst und Wahnsinn
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- In article <1e0mq4INNil7@armory.centerline.com> matt@centerline.com (Matt Landau) writes:
- >Yeah, I was pretty surprised when I read the fine print of the announcement
- >and found that the 20-processor version of the SparcCenter-2000 was slated
- >for delivery "2H93". In other words, Sun preannounced the high-end of the
- >product line something like a year in advance.
-
- Compared to the delivery date you'd probably get from Cray,
- I think Sun would still win out.
-
- The April date is for general availability.
- There is an "Early Bird" program (ie get the bugs out) starting
- late December/early January.
-
- We're having two 8 proccessor boxes as part of this.
-
- >Gee, I used to work for a company whose hardware division did that with
- >its new products (long before the products actually existed -- I wonder
- >how many processors they've got working in the biggest *existing* version
- >of the SparcCenter-2000).
-
- I've heard that it's definately reached beyond 8 processors and worked.
- I must admit though, I don't know how much credence to place on
- "working in the lab" statements.
-
- Cheers,
- --
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