Workstations which delivered exceptional computational and graphics performance became available from several suppliers and offered the potential to solve demanding engineering problems. As well as having fast 3D graphics, these superworkstations were able to run significant sized engineering calculations, offering over 5 LINPACK double precision MFLOPS and 100K polygons per second.
Typically systems in this class had vector processing capability and a limited degree of parallel processing (up to 8 processors). CFTAG requested RAL to assess superworkstations and report to CFTAG and to the EASE community.
See also:
Use of the DAP at RAL
Note on Assessment of Superworkstations, December 1989
First Superworkstation Assessment, October 1990
Use of Superworkstations, March 1991
The Titan Visualisation Project, July 1991