I found an early 80s edition of the Guinness book of records, listing the CRAY-1 as the fastest computer in the world.
But how does it compare to one of the earliest versions of the Raspberry Pi?
Raspberry Pi Model B (2012)
Price: USD 35
CPU: 700 MHz (32-bit)
RAM: 256 MiB
MFLOPS: 58
Power: 3.5 W
Size: 85x56x17 mm
Weight: 40g
Storage: SD Card slot
CRAY-1 (1975)
Cost: USD 7.9 million (USD 35.3 million in 2021)
CPU: 80 MHz (64-bit)
RAM: 8,38 MB
MFLOPS: 160
Power: 115 kW
Size: 263x145x196 cm
Weight: 5.5 tons
Storage: 303 Megabytes
Not surprisingly, the supercomputer scores very well in floating point operations, that are useful in scientific calculations, which was why it was made in the first place.
Sources:
https://elinux.org/RPi_Hardware
http://www.roylongbottom.org.uk/Raspber ... hmarks.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cray-1
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CRAY-1 vs Raspberry Pi B
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CRAY-1 vs Raspberry Pi B
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Re: CRAY-1 vs Raspberry Pi B+
Amazing how far we've come. I imagine the time traveller from 1975 asking me what I do with my Pi3. "Well, it's running game emulators on my TV" xD
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Yes, and imagine how much that Pi3 would be worth in 1975.
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Probably so much that you'd have several secret services on your tail.
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