Sujet : Re: architectural goals, Byte Addressability And Beyond
De : ldo (at) *nospam* nz.invalid (Lawrence D'Oliveiro)
Groupes : comp.archDate : 06. Jun 2024, 02:23:57
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On Wed, 5 Jun 2024 09:40 +0100 (BST), John Dallman wrote:
Another view is that the supercomputer was implicit in the needs of the
US nuclear weapons laboratories to do simulations of their designs.
And in code cracking. All very much a function of the Cold War.
No coincidence that Cray’s fortunes took a downturn when that ended.