List of world’s TOP 500 computers released
The latest TOP500 list – a collection of the fastest supercomputers in the world – has been released by its creators, and there’s some big wins for certain manufacturers. The list, published this week on the TOP500 site, gives the number one spot to IBM’s Roadrunner (we informed about this supercomputer a while ago), built for the United States Department of Energy and hitting a staggering 1.026 petaflops/s – the first supercomputer to break the petaflop milestone. According to IBM, the key to this remarkable achievement was the use of Cell Broadband Engine processors – the same chips that are used in Sony’s PlayStation 3 console.
In fact, this 31st incarnation of the list has been extremely kind to Big Blue – IBM systems account for almost half the systems listed. Intel has been doing well, too: 75 percent of the systems present in the list use one or another of their processors, and systems based around quad-core processors use Intel almost exclusively. Intel’s growth has come at a cost to its main competitor, however: AMD sees its share of the list drop from 15.8 percent back in November last year to just 11 percent in this latest compilation. With Intel storming the charts, and IBM’s radical Cell Broadband Engine proving its mettle, it’s clear that AMD is going to have to pull something pretty special out of the R&D hat if it doesn’t want to concede the high-performance computing market.
Source: bit-tech
Cool, I don’t like HP tho -_-
Woo ! I own a HP
aah .. cell broadband processors ..this was told years back that the GPU does far more number crunching than a cpu and this just proved it. so should we see 8800GT based CPU’s from now on
Huhu! Silicon Graphic!
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And all of them are powered by Linux
And all of them are powered by Linux:-D
GPU performs different operations than CPU.
Roadrunner uses AMD processors. And lets not forget that Intel is being charged for antitrust breach. If you do a simple search you will be able to find a lot of information about how they violated fair trade rules. Check this news article for example http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/080605/business/south_korea_intel_1
I don’t see mac up there. They just can’t compete with the big boys
-nuff said
Where can i buy RoadRunner?
Cant find It in Amazon Or eBay1
@9: We know all that, rex. What’s your point?
Where are the Macs?
Not even on the chart……….. LOL !!!!!
Number 11 is going to be used to monitor all communications in Sweden with the new law.
We’re SO proud of being on that list.
I dont think it can beat my 486…486 rulex
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iam so proud that India made it to the top 10 list……
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