NUMAlink 3 is the third generation of the interconnect, introduced in 2000 and used in the Origin 3000 and Altix 3000.
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NUMAlink was originally developed by SGI for their Origin 2000 and Onyx2 systems.
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NUMAlink 5 is the fifth generation of the interconnect, introduced in 2009 and used in the Altix UV series.
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NUMAlink 4 is the fourth generation of the interconnect, introduced in 2004 and used in the Altix 4000.
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NUMAlink 2 (branded as CrayLink) was the second generation of the interconnect, announced in October 1996 and used in the Onyx2 visualization systems, the Origin 200 and the Origin 2000 servers and supercomputers.