Paragon XP/S
date: label: Date made
content: 1992
notes: label: Description
content: The Paragon supercomputer was based on the Touchstone Delta, which it physically resembles. Each processor contains two i860 chips. One i860 is used to run the user code and one handles the message traffic and talks to the special mesh router. Total: 6 feet h x 18 feet w x 4 feet deep. In November 1993 the Paragon XP/E was introduced. This is an entry-level system with the same characteristics as the XP/S and up to 32 processors. The maximal configuration of the XP/E, the XP/E-28N has 32 nodes of which 28 are compute nodes. The others are used for assisting the routing, /IO, and other operating system tasks.
label: Description
content: The Paragon has a similar exterior to the Delta but the interior is very different. There is a monitor with a pull-out shelf holding a non-extended keyboard and trackball. The "intel" logo is displayed just above the keyboard. To the right of the monitor, there are drives for removable storage (cartridges?). This whole unit (monitor and keyboard tray) swings out to the right to allow access to the boards. The disk drives which store the software are below this moving unit. There are also fans and numerous cables.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Oregon, Beaverton
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Computers
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Intel Corporation
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1999.0173.02
label: catalog number
content: 1999.0173.02
label: accession number
content: 1999.0173
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Supercomputer Component
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 61 3/4 in x 21 1/2 in x 43 in; 156.845 cm x 54.61 cm x 109.22 cm