Responding to msg by pcw@access.digex.net (Peter Wayner) on Thu, 18 Aug 4:41 PM Peter, Thanks for posting your thoughts on this. A small note: The NY Times article today said that NSA will contribute $4.2 million toward *development*, along with $400,000 in software-consulting services, while Cray will invest another $4.8 million. Thus the overall cost, after full development, may be more than you assumed in your calculations and thus the power may be more. But, as the story said, Cray will need more than this initial contract to survive, so the machine may never be completed. John