<s>
The	O
SX-8	B-Device
is	O
a	O
supercomputer	B-Device
built	O
by	O
NEC	O
Corporation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SX-8	B-Device
Series	O
implements	O
an	O
eight-way	O
SMP	B-Operating_System
system	O
in	O
a	O
compact	O
node	O
module	O
and	O
uses	O
an	O
enhanced	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
single	O
chip	O
vector	O
processor	O
that	O
was	O
introduced	O
with	O
the	O
SX-6	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
NEC	B-Device
SX-8	I-Device
processors	O
run	O
at	O
2GHz	O
for	O
vectors	O
and	O
1GHz	O
for	O
scalar	O
operations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SX-8	B-Device
CPU	O
operates	O
at	O
16	O
GFLOPS	O
and	O
can	O
address	O
up	O
to	O
128	O
GB	O
of	O
memory	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SX-8	B-Device
series	O
ranges	O
from	O
the	O
single-CPU	O
SX-8b	O
system	O
to	O
the	O
SX-8/4096M512	O
,	O
with	O
512	O
nodes	O
,	O
4,096	O
CPUs	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
peak	O
performance	O
of	O
65	O
TFLOPS	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SX-8	B-Device
runs	O
SUPER-UX	B-Operating_System
,	O
a	O
Unix-like	B-Operating_System
operating	I-Operating_System
system	I-Operating_System
developed	O
by	O
NEC	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
production	O
SX-8	B-Device
was	O
installed	O
at	O
the	O
UK	O
Met	O
Office	O
in	O
early	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2006	O
,	O
an	O
upgraded	O
SX-8	B-Device
was	O
announced	O
,	O
the	O
SX-8R	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SX-8R	O
can	O
process	O
double	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
vector	O
operations	O
per	O
clock	O
compared	O
to	O
the	O
SX-8	B-Device
.	O
</s>
