Editing PARAM (section)

===PARAM 9000===
The PARAM (param vashisht lega) 9000 was designed to be merge [[Computer cluster|cluster processing]] and [[Massively parallel (computing)|massively parallel processing]] computing workloads.<ref name="mohan-param9000" /> It was first demonstrated in 1994.<ref name="2004-sinha" /> The design was changed to be modular so that newer processors could be easily accommodated.<ref name=1997-marvin /> Typically a system used 32–40 processors, however it could be scaled up to 200 CPUs using the [[clos network]] topology.<ref name=1997-marvin /> The PARAM 9000/SS was the [[SuperSPARC|SuperSPARC II]] processor variant,<ref name="1995-van-der-steen" /> the PARAM 9000/US used the [[UltraSPARC]] processor,<ref name="1999-rajaraman-p75" /> and the PARAM 9000/AA used the [[DEC Alpha]].<ref name="1996-harkar" />