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Mini-supercomputers and their significance in scientific computation and systems simulation are discussed. These mini-supercomputers with a considerably favorable cost/performance ratio appeared on the market recently. In this paper we consider in some detail two specific examples of these commercial products: the NCube/4+ parallel computer and the Convex C-l vector processor, both available at the author’s institute (Delft University of Technology).
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Kerckhoffs, E.J.H. (1988). Mini-Supercomputers: New Perspectives in Scientific Computation and Simulation. In: Sydow, A., Tzafestas, S.G., Vichnevetsky, R. (eds) Systems Analysis and Simulation I. Advances in Simulation, vol 1. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-6389-7_72
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