info please

[Ken Leonard]

also to: comp.sys.masscomp,comp.dcom.telecom,
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How do _YOU_ connect "super"-class machines so they can talk to each other
(partly?) (almost?) (really?) as fast as they can compute?
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Who is presently making, using, building, needing, selling...
-- a "LAN" in the 1Gb/s class?
-- a "CPU cluster" connection, _NOT_ bus-to-bus or manufacturer-specific, in
.. the 1Gb/s class?
-- an HSC-to-HSC, HSX-to-HSX, or equivalent speed class channel-to-channel
.. bridge or switch?
-- an HSC- or HSX- or equivalent-to-VME or -Futurebus or -equivalent interface?
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Is Ultra (Systems Inc.?) actually shipping working systems?  Who is using one?
How well does it work?
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Is anyone other than Sandia actually trying to use the "HSC/HSX Hub"?  Is
anyone planning to use one?
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all responses gratefully received
best regardz,
Ken Leonard