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CISL Supercomputer Gallery

History of supercomputing at NCAR, 1963–present

Timeline 1963-present (PDF)

History of supercomputing and data storage at NCAR, 1963–2002 (PDF)

Current computers at NCAR

SCD supercomputers, past and present (grouped by vendor)
	IBM: IBM p575 (bluevista): 2005–present IBM BlueGene/L (frost): 2005–present IBM e1350 (pegasus): 2005–present IBM Linux cluster (lightning): 2004–present IBM p690 (bluesky): 2002–2007 IBM SP RS/6000 (blackforest): 1999–2005 IBM SP RS/6000 (babyblue): 1999–2005 IBM 9071 SP1 (wildhorse): 1993–1997 IBM RS/6000 cluster (arapahoe, comanche, navajo, chief): 1992–1997
	Aspen Systems Aspen Linux cluster (coral): 2005–present
	SGI: SGI Origin3800 (tempest): 2004–present SGI Origin3800 (chinook): 2002–2004 SGI Origin2000 (dataproc): 1999–2004 SGI Origin2000 (ute): 1998–2002 SGI PowerChallenge XL (winterpark): 1997–1999
	Cray Research: CRAY J90s (aztec, paiute, ouray, chipeta): 1995–2002 CRAY C90 (antero): 1996–1999 CRAY T3D: 1994–1999 CRAY ELs (st. elmo, echo, alpine, monarch): 1994–1997 CRAY Y-MP8I (antero): 1994–1996 CRAY Y-MP2 (castle): 1991–1993 CRAY Y-MP8/864 (shavano): 1990–97 CRAY X-MP/48: 1986–1990 CRAY-1A: 1983–1986 CRAY-1A:1977–1989
	Compaq: Compaq ES40 (prospect): 1999–2002
	Hewlett-Packard: HP Exemplar (sioux): 1997–1999
	Thinking Machines: Connection Machine 5 (littlebear): 1993–1996 Connection Machine 2 (capitol):1988–1993
	Cray Computer Corporation: CRAY-3 (graywolf): 1993–1995
	Control Data Corporation: CDC 7600: 1971–1983 CDC 6600: 1966–1977 CDC 3600: 1963 to about 1969

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