FROSTBURG
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Frostburg.jpg/200px-Frostburg.jpg)
FROSTBURG was a Connection Machine 5 (CM-5) massively parallel supercomputer used by the US National Security Agency (NSA) to perform mathematical calculations. The CM-5 was built by the Thinking Machines Corporation, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, at a cost of US$25 million. The system was installed at NSA in 1991, and operated until 1997.[1] It was the first massively parallel processing computer bought by NSA, originally containing 256 processing nodes. The system was upgraded in 1993 with another 256 nodes, for a total of 512 nodes.[2] The system had a total of 500 billion 32-bit words (≈ 2 terabytes) of storage, 2.5 billion words (≈ 10 gigabytes) of memory, and could perform at a theoretical maximum 65.5 gigaFLOPS. The operating system CMost was based on Unix, but optimized for parallel processing.
FROSTBURG is now on display at the National Cryptologic Museum.[3]
See also
- HARVEST
- Cryptanalytic computer
References
- ^ "Ten of the coolest and most powerful supercomputers of all time". Royal.pingdom.com. 2009-06-11. Retrieved 2014-02-25.
- ^ Graham-Cumming, John (2009-05-21). The Geek Atlas: 128 Places Where Science and Technology Come Alive - John Graham-Cumming - Google Boeken. ISBN 9780596555627. Retrieved 2014-02-25.
- ^ Caption for FROSTBURG display in the National Cryptologic Museum, 2005
External links
- Another photograph of FROSTBURG by Declan McCullagh
- v
- t
- e
- Alaska Mission Operations Center
- Colorado Cryptologic Center
- Consolidated Intelligence Center
- CSSG
- Dorsey Road
- European Cryptologic Center
- European Technical Center
- Fort Meade
- Friendship Annex
- Georgia Cryptologic Center
- Hawaii Cryptologic Center
- Interagency Training Center
- Kent Island
- Misawa Security Operations Center
- Multiprogram Research Facility
- Pine Gap
- RAF Menwith Hill
- Roaring Creek
- Room 641A
- Salt Creek
- Sugar Grove
- Texas Cryptologic Center
- Utah Data Center
- Pacific Technical Center
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Seal_of_the_U.S._National_Security_Agency.svg/80px-Seal_of_the_U.S._National_Security_Agency.svg.png)
- Global surveillance disclosures (2013–present)
- Church Committee
- Edward Snowden
- LOVEINT
- James Bamford
- NSA warrantless surveillance controversy
- Pike Committee
- Russ Tice
- Thomas Andrews Drake
- Thomas Tamm
- Matthew Aid
- Boundless Informant
- Dropmire
- ECHELON
- Fairview
- Insider Threat Program
- MUSCULAR
- MYSTIC
- PRISM
- Real Time Regional Gateway
- Stellar Wind
- TRAILBLAZER
- Turbulence
- Upstream
- XKeyscore
- Epic Shelter