# Status of the 0.8 Teraflops Supercomputer at Columbia

## TL;DR

This paper reports on the progress and current status of Columbia's 0.8 Teraflops supercomputer, detailing hardware and software development stages for a high-performance parallel computing system.

## Contribution

It provides an update on the construction and development of a large-scale supercomputer, including hardware and software descriptions and progress status.

## Key findings

- Successful completion of the first stage with two nodes
- Final construction phase of a 512-node prototype underway
- Progress towards achieving 0.8 Teraflops performance

## Abstract

The first stage in the construction of the 0.8 Teraflops Supercomputer at Columbia, a working, two node parallel computer, has been successfully completed. The next stage, a 512 node, 26 Gigaflops prototype, is in its final construction phase. A general description and current status of the hardware and software is presented.

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Source: https://tomesphere.com/paper/hep-lat/9509075