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The Best Deal in Town
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David Alan Grier, "The Best Deal in Town," Computer, vol. 40, no. 4, pp. 8-11, April, 2007.
 
 
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@article{ 10.1109/MC.2007.146,
author = {David Alan Grier},
title = {The Best Deal in Town},
journal ={Computer},
volume = {40},
number = {4},
issn = {0018-9162},
year = {2007},
pages = {8-11},
doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MC.2007.146},
publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA},
}
 
 
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JO - Computer
TI - The Best Deal in Town
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KW - computing technology
KW - Computers and society
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KW - Supercomputers
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JA - Computer
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David Alan Grier, George Washington University
At one time, supercomputing, a term that was synonymous with the Cray-1, was considered to be the best deal in town. However, by the 1990s, manufacturers began to question the need to continue the development of high-speed computers, turning their attention instead to the potential for developing a "high-capacity and high-speed national research and education computer network."
Index Terms:
computing technology, Computers and society, Cray-1, Supercomputers
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David Alan Grier, "The Best Deal in Town," Computer, vol. 40, no. 4, pp. 8-11, Apr. 2007, doi:10.1109/MC.2007.146
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