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The first vector computer called Cray 1 was developed in the early 1970's.
The ES was designed as a parallel vector computer suitable for numerical computation such as climate simulation.
The vector computer incorporates two nodes, each featuring eight processors and connected via two high-speed switches developed by NEC, and is expected to save ZAMG significant costs on power and cooling within the next five years.
Worldwide Computer Products News-20 June 2007-ZAMG starts NEC's SX-8R vector computer operation(C)1995-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com
It's a flying saucer with a thrust vector computer and an infrared reference beam, which hovers and lifts off the ground.
In addition to that system, there will be multiple subsystems, including a vector computer and a scalar SMP computer, to enable numerical simulations that take advantage of the massive memory space, offering users an optimized and efficient computing environment that can accommodate increasingly diverse R&D activities.
TOKYO, Oct 26, 2018 - (JCN Newswire) - NEC Corporation (TSE: 6701) announced that it is supporting the Stanford DAWN project, an initiative to simplify the building of AI-powered applications, by providing a cluster of new "SX-Aurora TSUBASA" vector computers for research in the area of artificial intelligence (AI).
In recent years, once prevalent vector computers from the likes of Cray, Convex, Alliant, Fujitsu, and others, have given way to cluster computing configurations for even the most aggressive computing applications.
Vector computers [Schonauer 1987] are widely used in scientific computing.

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