UNIVAC LARC
The UNIVAC LARC ( Livermore Advanced Research Computer ) was a first attempt to build a supercomputer in 1960 . The LARC had two CPUs . A total of two machines were built, one for the US Navy and one for Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory . In 1960 the LARC with 500 kFLOPS was one of the fastest machines of that time.
The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory used the machine to solve differential equations. A special feature of this machine was that the periphery (input / output) was completely independent of the main computer. One CPU each for the arithmetic calculations and one CPU for the input / output system.
See also
- Universal Automatic Calculator (UNIVAC)