- 1975: Science Board activities move to Daresbury
-
Cray 1S service at Daresbury: 1979-1983
- 1985: ABRC set up all-Research Councils Working Group to
define future needs for top-end workload. Recommended:
-
Cray X-MP/48 to be installed at Chilton
- To be available to grant holders from all Research Councils
- Cray X-MP/48,X-MP/416 (1987-1992)
- Cray Y-MP8128 (1992-1996)
- Cray J-932 (1996-1999)
- Special Agreements:
- IBM 3090 600E/6VF (1990-1993): IBM-SERC Joint Study in Supercomputing
- NERC Fujitsu VPP300 (1997-): UGAMP
| Name |
Dates |
CPUs |
VPs |
Memory |
Peak (Mflops) |
| Cray X-MP/48 |
1987-1992 |
4 |
4 |
64 Mbytes |
940 |
| IBM 3090 600E/6VF |
1990-1993 |
6 |
6 |
256 Mbytes |
696 |
| Cray Y-MP |
1992-1996 |
8 |
8 |
1024 Mbytes |
2666 |
| Cray J-932 |
1996-1999 |
2 |
32 |
4 Gbytes |
6400 |
| NERC Fujitsu VPP300 |
1997-2000 |
3 |
3 |
6 Gbytes |
6600 |
