Successful Shared Memory Multiprocessing is Hard
KSR (creator of first large scale shared memory machine) delivered first 64-processor model to Oak Ridge National Labs in 1992
- KSR went out of business 1995
- KSR machine at ORNL turned off in 1997
Tera has lost 10M in 1997, has lost 13M in first three quarters of 1998
- Has only demonstrated a 16 processor in-house system to date
- Delivered a two processor system to San Diego Supercomputer Center April 1998.