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Vintage Mac Minis Recreate Cray-1 Supercomputer

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A replica of the original Cray-1 supercomputer has been constructed using 30 vintage Mac Minis, commemorating the 50th anniversaries of the Cray-1's first use and Apple's founding. This modern tribute, housed at Spain's Museo de Historia de la Computación, boasts a peak performance of 1.5 teraflops, a significant leap from the original's 160 megaflops. The project highlights technological advancements by showcasing how far computing has progressed from single-instruction processing to modern parallel computing techniques. AI

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Vintage Mac Minis Recreate Cray-1 Supercomputer

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    📰 A Cray-1 supercomputer replica from 30 "obsolete" Mac Minis Stylish upcycling, with a retro flare, at Spain's Museo de Historia de la Computación. 📰 Source: A

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