Supercomputing in Japan

authorby Sverre Jarp

• Introduction
• `Japan Inc.' and Supercomputers
• Supercomputer Evolution
• Basic Design of Japanese supercomputers
• NEC's SX family
• Fujitsu's VP series
• Hitachi's Supercomputers
• Cray in Japan
• Other Foreign Vendors in Japan
• Japanese Involvement with Unix
• Application software
• Japanese Supercomputer Installations
• Future Outlook