Yes, the Cray Solid State Storage Device (SSD) was a standalone unit that looked like a quarter of a Cray, complete with bench. It held up to 2 gigabytes of dat

Yes, the Cray Solid State Storage Device (SSD) was a standalone unit that looked like a quarter of a Cray, complete with bench. It held up to 2 gigabytes of data in MOS memory and was accessed via an I/O channel at 100 megabytes to 1.25 gigabytes per second. It was used for "temporary storage of datasets" and could "significantly increase data transfer rates." The SSD was separate from the Cray's main memory. It is described in detail in the manual: http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/cray/Disk/HR-0031_SolidStateStorage_Dec82.pdf http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/cray/Disk/HR-0031_SolidStateSto...