Fujitsu Ltd’s new minisupercomputers (CI No 1,630) are low-end models in its VP 1000 series, and they support the company’s UXP/M implementation of Unix System V.4.The new models are the VP1100/10, 1200/10 and 1200/20, with maximum vector performance of 110 to 170 MFLOPS and maximum main memory of 256Mb. The VP1000 series takes up a third the space and draws a third the power of the VP2000 series and is air-cooled. A new model in the VP2000 series is the VP2100/10, with a maximum vector performance of 375 megaflops, and memory of 1Gb. It rents at from $130,000 per month. Fujitsu hopes to export 50 of the VP1000s, presumably mainly through ICL and Siemens.
