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TOP500 Supercomputer Sites For 2006

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the big-big-fast-fast dept.

geaux writes to let us know about the release of the 28th TOP500 List of the world's fastest supercomputers. From the article: "The IBM BlueGene/L system, installed at DOE's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, retains the No. 1 spot with a Linpack performance of 280.6 teraflops (trillions of calculations per second, or Tflop/s). The new No. 2 systems is Sandia National Laboratories' Cray Red Storm supercomputer, only the second system ever to be recorded to exceed the 100 Tflops/s mark with 101.4 Tflops/s... Slipping to No. 3 is the IBM eServer Blue Gene Solution system, installed at IBM's Thomas Watson Research Center, with 91.20 Tflops/s Linpack performance." You need over 6.6 Tflop/s to make it into the top 100.

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  1. beowulf by thejrwr · · Score: 2, Funny

    just beowulf 100 PS3s together, that should be able to pull it off

  2. That's all good... by DerekTomes · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...but can it run Microsoft Word? :|

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  3. Don't feel bad for Blue Gene. by BenFenner · · Score: 2, Funny

    The way the article reads makes me feel sad for the "IBM eServer Blue Gene Solution system, installed at IBM's Thomas Watson Research Center". It slipped to number three with a mere 91.20 Tflops/s. It's like the steam shovel in that children's book. Old and outdated, no one wants it anymore. Oh wait, it's still 1,800 times faster than my new Core Two Duo machine. Apparently I'm the one with the machine that works faster the more people watch it.

    1. Re:Don't feel bad for Blue Gene. by Code+Master · · Score: 3, Funny

      I'll bet that Blue Gene can also retire as a building's furnace as well.

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  4. hmmm by ILuvRamen · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'll have to look through that list and find one near me so I can outsource my Vista booting.

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  5. Re:Real world examples by glwtta · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yeah, I can't really get a clear picture unless they put it into standard units, like Libraries of Congress, or VW Beatles... I think there's also one with stacks of stuff to the Moon - that's a good one too.

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  6. Quite the reverse by frisket · · Score: 2, Funny
    Is there a site for the slowest computers in the world? (My office workstation, for example :-)

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  7. Look out by jbeaupre · · Score: 3, Funny

    Sandia's supercomputer program, along with LANL's and all the weapon and nuke work done between the two is part of New Mexico's plan to take over the world ... mañana.

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  8. Re:Wanna know something Scary... by bathmatt · · Score: 2, Funny
    Mississippi missed the top 100 by not-so-much. 115 Mississippi State University You may wanna check that list again, Mississippi has 4 in the top 100, (#26,35,48,58) It is only behind in NM in TFlops/capita.

    To answer your question on why, Trent Lott.

    BTW, ERDC (WES at Vicksberg) and NAVO (Stennis Space Ctr on the coast) are in MS

  9. The one they don't tell you about... by adrenalinekick · · Score: 2, Funny

    is the one sitting in the NSA cracking all your passwords right now.

  10. You need over 6.6 Tflop/s to make it into the top by robyannetta · · Score: 3, Funny
    You need over 6.6 Tflop/s to make it into the top 100.

    ...or three PS3s, but I don't forsee any one of us getting our hands on at least one of these for a few months...

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