Cray-2
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Key facts
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- Computer.caption
- Cray-2 central unit (foreground) and Fluorinert-cooling "waterfall" (background), on display at the EPFL.
- Computer.name
- Cray-2
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- Computer.manufacturer
- Cray Research
- Computer.type
- Supercomputer
- Computer.discontinued
- 1990
- Computer.units_sold
- 25
- Computer.cpu
- Custom Vector Processors
- Computer.predecessor
- Cray X-MP
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
8 sectionsContents
- Initial design
- Packed circuit boards and new design ideas
- Uses and successors
- Comparison to later computers
- Trivia
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|A Cray-2, serial number 2101 and its Fluorinert-cooling "waterfall", formerly of [[NERSC, the only 8-processor example ever made]] thumb|A Cray-2 operated by NASA thumb|Front view of 1985 Supercomputer Cray-2, [[Musée des Arts et Métiers, Paris]] thumb|Side view of 1985 Supercomputer Cray-2, [[Musée des Arts et Métiers, Paris]] thumb|Detail of the upper part of the Cray-2 thumb|Inside of the Cray-2
The Cray-2 is a supercomputer with four vector processors made by Cray Research starting in 1985. At 1.9 GFLOPS peak performance, it was the fastest machine in the world when it was released, a title formerly held by the Cray X-MP. It was, in turn, surpassed by the Cray Y-MP in 1988.