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NSA Spy Machine and DES
Responding to msg by [email protected] (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