Companies/ETA Systems
St. Paul, MN, USA · defunct
ETA Systems
Supercomputer maker spun off from Control Data Corporation in September 1983 to build the CMOS, liquid-nitrogen-cooled ETA10 line as a direct Cray competitor. CDC abruptly shut the subsidiary down on 17 April 1989 after sustained losses, forcing its only announced-first customer, Florida State University, to negotiate an equipment swap for a Cray Y-MP.
Systems this company appears in
- Systems
- 1
- Aggregate Rmax
- 0.0 GFlop/s
- Aggregate power
- 0 kW
- First appearance
- 1987-01
- Most recent
- 1987-01
- Concentration
- -
Aggregate Rmax is the sum of the systems this company supplies any part of. It is not revenue and not attributable share: an integrator and a memory vendor in the same machine both count its full FLOPS here. Attribution weighted by role is Phase 4.
Role breakdown
| Role | Systems | Rmax in those systems |
|---|---|---|
| Integrator | 1 | 0.0 GFlop/s |
| CPU | 1 | 0.0 GFlop/s |
| Cooling | 1 | 0.0 GFlop/s |
Appearances
| System | Supplied as | Shipped under | Rmax | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ETA10 USA · 1987-01 | CPU, Cooling, Integrator | ETA Systems | - | unranked |
Parts supplied
| Part | Category | Generation | Released |
|---|---|---|---|
| ETA10 CPU | CPUs | ETA10 | 1987 |
Further reading
Inside a node
Latency-optimised versus throughput-optimised processors, NUMA, and the end of the host-to-device copy.
Power and cooling
Why air ran out at 20 kW a rack, how warm-water cooling removes the chillers, and what PUE conceals.
Operating a supercomputer
Acceptance testing, why "installed" and "in production" are six months apart, and the machine lifecycle.