Convex Computer Corp, based in Richardson, Texas, has unveiled a new entry-level system in its departmental C3400 range of air-cooled supercomputers for the scientific and technical market. The C3400-ES single-rack system, which can be configured with one or two processors, up to 512Mb memory and 4Gb virtual memory, contains both custom BiCMOS and gallium arsenide circuitry, offering a peak performance of up to 200 MFLOPS. It uses 220V single-phase power and takes up 40% of the floor space of a standard C3400 machine. The entry-level multi-processor costs from $300,000 and is available now. It comes bundled or unbundled, the bundled package including disk and tape subsystems, network connections, system and compiler software.
