Hitachi announced the HITAC S-3000 series of supercomputers in April 1992. The series ran from the S-3800 model, with ultra-fast vector processing, to the S-3600, with excellent cost effectiveness. The models covered a maximum vector performance range of nearly 100-fold, from 0.25 gigaFLOPS to 32 gigaFLOPS.
The HITAC S-3000 series supported large amounts of high-speed extended memory, HIPPI and other extension units, as well as TCP/IP, FDDI, and UltraNet for open-source networks.
Users could select to use either or both the HI-OSF1-MJ UNIX operating system and the VOS3/HAP/AS operating system, which was used on the previous M series.
| Model | 160 | 180,182 | 260 | 280 | 480 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max. vector performance [gigaFLOPS] |
4 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 32 |
| Main memory capacity [MB] |
256-1024 | 512-1024 | 1024-2048 | ||
| Extended memory capacity [GB] |
16 max. | 32 max. | |||
| No. of channels | 32-256 | ||||
