The naming scheme of Cray X-MP

[MCALLISTER MICHAEL R]

In article <1991Feb27.190807.26406 at msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> sushil at omena.cps.msu.edu (Sushil Bhattacharjee) writes:
>Hi,
>This may be the wrong place to ask this question, but I could not find
>any other appropriate newsgroup. 
>My question is - What do the numbers at the end of 'Cray X-MP' mean in
>the name of the machine? 
>e.g.  What does the 12 mean in 'Cray X-MP/12' or the 48 in 'Cray X-MP/48' ?
>
>I do not usually read this newsgroup, so I will appriciate it if you
>send e-mail to sushil at pixel.cps.msu.edu, in case you know the answer.

Please send this info to me as well. Thanks.
I assume the numbers have something to do with the numbers of banks and/or
cpus.

>Thanks,
>Sushil

Mike McAllister
mrmca at tramp.colorado.edu