NEC SX-6
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The NEC SX-6 is a vector supercomputer system known for its high-performance computing capabilities, notably used as the processing backbone of the Earth Simulator.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| NEC SX-6 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8694814 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: NEC SX-6 Context triple: [Earth Simulator, processorType, NEC SX-6]
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A.
Sharp X68000
The Sharp X68000 is a Japanese home computer and gaming system from the late 1980s and early 1990s, renowned for its advanced graphics and sound capabilities that made it a premier platform for high-quality arcade game ports.
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B.
SX-64
The SX-64 is a portable, luggable version of the Commodore 64 home computer that features a built-in color monitor and floppy disk drive.
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C.
SG-1000
The SG-1000 is Sega’s first home video game console, released in 1983 and serving as the company’s entry into the console market.
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D.
PC-8801
The PC-8801 is a popular 1980s Japanese home computer by NEC, known for its influential role in early Japanese PC gaming and visual novels.
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E.
Fujitsu FM-7
The Fujitsu FM-7 is a Japanese 8-bit home computer from the early 1980s, known for its advanced graphics and sound capabilities and popularity among hobbyists and game developers.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: NEC SX-6 Target entity description: The NEC SX-6 is a vector supercomputer system known for its high-performance computing capabilities, notably used as the processing backbone of the Earth Simulator.
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A.
Sharp X68000
The Sharp X68000 is a Japanese home computer and gaming system from the late 1980s and early 1990s, renowned for its advanced graphics and sound capabilities that made it a premier platform for high-quality arcade game ports.
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B.
SX-64
The SX-64 is a portable, luggable version of the Commodore 64 home computer that features a built-in color monitor and floppy disk drive.
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C.
SG-1000
The SG-1000 is Sega’s first home video game console, released in 1983 and serving as the company’s entry into the console market.
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D.
PC-8801
The PC-8801 is a popular 1980s Japanese home computer by NEC, known for its influential role in early Japanese PC gaming and visual novels.
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E.
Fujitsu FM-7
The Fujitsu FM-7 is a Japanese 8-bit home computer from the early 1980s, known for its advanced graphics and sound capabilities and popularity among hobbyists and game developers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | vector supercomputer ⓘ |
| applicationDomain |
climate modeling
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computational fluid dynamics ⓘ earth sciences ⓘ weather prediction ⓘ |
| architectureType | vector architecture ⓘ |
| computerType | supercomputer ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| designedFor | massively parallel vector processing ⓘ |
| developer | NEC Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| family | NEC SX series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| manufacturer | NEC Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| market |
high-end scientific computing
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research supercomputing ⓘ |
| notableFor |
high-performance computing capabilities
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large-scale scientific simulations ⓘ |
| notableInstallation | Earth Simulator Center NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatingEnvironment |
large-scale computing centers
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meteorological agencies ⓘ national research laboratories ⓘ |
| parallelProcessingSupport | yes ⓘ |
| predecessor | NEC SX-5 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successor | NEC SX-8 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| technologyGeneration | early 2000s supercomputer generation ⓘ |
| usedAs | processing backbone of the Earth Simulator ⓘ |
| usedFor |
global climate simulations on the Earth Simulator
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high-resolution atmospheric modeling ⓘ long-term climate change projections ⓘ |
| usedIn | Earth Simulator NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| vectorProcessingSupport | yes ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: NEC SX-6 Description of subject: The NEC SX-6 is a vector supercomputer system known for its high-performance computing capabilities, notably used as the processing backbone of the Earth Simulator.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Earth Simulator