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...shaped models installed around the world, Cray accounts for 60% of all the supercomputers sold. The closest competitor, located directly across the Mississippi River in St. Paul, is the company from which Cray split off in 1972: Control Data Corp. CDC, which in 1983 created a supercomputer subsidiary called ETA Systems, is holding steady with a 12.7% market share. Coming up quickly is a trio of Japanese manufacturers -- NEC, Hitachi and Fujitsu -- that entered the supercomputer race in 1983 and has since captured 23% of the world market...
...that can do everything from designing jumbo jets to forecasting the < weather. But the company fell behind schedule last year in its drive to bring out a new generation of machines that would have eight central processors instead of four. In the meantime, Cray's main American supercomputer rival, ETA, this year unveiled machines with up to eight processors...
...College, desperate for more housing, allows the Pi Eta Speaker's Club to become the 14th house. Professor of Government Harvey C. Mansfield is appointed master and immediately asks Professor Susan R. Suleiman to become house librarian. He says she'll be able to "improve the students' minds" and is a "fine little baker...
...Residents of Pi Eta House, which will be renamed "Southeast House" in honor of the famous direction, are moved to the Charles Hotel pending completion of renovations. Students get complimentary breakfast croissants but aren't happy. Says one: "If I wanted to study abroad, I'd have moved to the Quad...
...rioters were protesting the French government's crackdown on suspected ETA terrorists who have fled to France. Basque separatists have traditionally used the southwest of France as a haven and headquarters for planning future attacks, but in recent weeks France has handed over five young Basques to Spain. In a pre-riot visit to Madrid, French Security Minister Robert Pandraud said the deportations would continue...