HPC Platforms Amdahl

Amdahl

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Active and part of Fujitsu Ltd.

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The Amdahl 500, 1100, 1200, and 1400 Vector Processors are marketed by Amdahl Corp. in the U.S., Canada, Europe, and the Pacific Basin. These products are manufactured by

Fujitsu, and similar models are marketed in Japan as the VP-50, VP-100, VP-200, and VP-400. The VP-100 and 200 is also marketed by Siemens in mainland Europe. In 1987, the range was upgraded by the addition of E models. The main change was to the functional pipes.

These are all register-to-register machines. All models have one scalar and one vector unit which can execute computations independently. The scalar unit fetches all instructions and passes each instruction to the appropriate unit for execution. The scalar processor is based on the Fujitsu M380/382 series mainframes and runs the IBM S/370 extended architecture instruction set. A recent Amdahl proprietary software program product, called VP/XA, allows Amdahl vector processors to run current MVS/XA releases, and permits Amdahl supercomputers to use standard operating environments.

Contact Address:

Amdahl Corp. 1250 East Arques Ave. P.O. Box 3470 Sunnyvale, CA 94088 408-746-6880

Company's Homepage.

Amdahl International Management Services Ltd. Dogmersfield Park Hartley Wintney Hampshire RG27 8TE UK 0252-24555 Telex 858486 G

Amdahl

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