Recount of the (almost) available systems

In this section we give a recount of all types of systems as discussed in the former section. When vendors market more than one type of machine we will discuss them in distinct subsections. So, for instance, we will discuss NEC systems under entries, SX-5 and Cenju-4 because they have a very different structure.

The systems are presented alphabetically. The "Machine type" entry shortly characterises the type of system as discussed in the former chapter: Processor Array, ccNUMA, etc.

System descripitions of:

• The Avalon A12.
• The Cambridge Parallel Processing Gamma II Plus.
• The Compaq AlphaServer SC.
• The Fujitsu AP3000.
• The Fujitsu VPP5000 series.
• The Hitachi SR8000 system.
• The HP Exemplar V2600.
• The IBM RS/6000 SP.
• The NEC Cenju-4.
• The NEC SX-5.
• The Quadrics Apemille.
• The SGI Origin 2000 series.
• The Sun E1000 Starfire.
• The Tera/Cray SV1.
• The Tera/Cray T3E.
• The Tera MTA