| Fastest Computers |
| Year |
| Mach |
| Procs |
| GFlops |
| Year |
| Mach |
| Procs |
| GFlops |
| 1976 |
| Cray
1 |
| 1 |
| 0.1 |
| 1993 |
|
|
| Cray |
|
| T3D |
|
| 1024 |
| 152 |
| 1982 |
|
|
| Cray |
|
| X-MP |
|
| 4 |
| 0.9 |
| 1994 |
|
|
| Fujitsu |
|
| VPP |
|
| 140 |
| 236 |
| 1986 |
| Cray
2 |
| 4 |
| 2 |
| 1996 |
|
|
| Hitachi |
|
| SR2 |
|
| 2048 |
| 368 |
| 1989 |
|
|
| Cray |
|
| Y-MP |
|
| 8 |
| 2.7 |
| 1997 |
|
|
| Intel |
|
| ASCI-R |
|
| 9152 |
| 1830 |
| 1989 |
|
|
| TMC |
|
| CM-2 |
|
| 8192 |
| 28 |
| 1999 |
|
|
| SGI |
|
| ASCI-BM |
|
| 6144 |
| 3072 |
| 1992 |
|
|
| TMC |
|
| CM-5 |
|
| 1024 |
| 131 |
| 2000 |
|
|
| IBM |
|
| ASCI-W |
|
| 8192 |
| 12,288 |
| 2002 |
|
|
| NEC |
|
| E.S. |
|
| 5120 |
| 40,960 |
|
|
|
| A 1-year calc in 1980 = 5.4 sec today |
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| A 1990 HPC = a laptop today |
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