Friday, September 3, 2010

How Far Computing Has Come:1970-2010

Back in the 1970s the first Cray Supercomputers were the be-all and end-all of computing. They were like the Bugatti Veyrons of computer processing and here are some photos of these behemoths… giant mofos that could chew through bits and bytes like nothing else.


Well over the decades computers have obeyed Moore's Law and processing power has vastly improved while the space required has lessened and to demonstrate just how far we've come check out this guy's replica Cray as a PC… with soft leather “seats” for tiny programmers!


But then this guy takes it one step further and not only made a tiny replica, it actually EMULATES the Cray!!!

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There are still Crays in service today but they're the newer more complex machines, not these old (albeit still complex) dinosaurs. We sure have come a long way!

1 comment:

Unknown said...

You have added the pictures but the data is lacking in this article..Please try to write about the technology difference. I am really intersected in the history of technology..

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