11/6/2004

Top Supercomputer Goes Back To IBM

Sections: Hardware — Posted @ 11:56 pm by Chris

IBM is expected to take back the title of fastest supercomputer when the new Top 500 list is released next week. The Top 500 supercomputers list is available at www.top500.org and is the official authority on whose computer is the fastest.

Nasa’s Columbia supercomputer was expected to take the top spot, with a speed of 42.7 teraflops, until IBM announced today that their computer is hitting speeds of 70.7 teraflops. This computer, called Blue Gene/L, is being built by IBM for Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories, which is part of the US Department of Energy. What is even more amazing is that this machine is only a ‘prototype’ version and the full thing, when competed next year, should be capable of hitting speeds faster than 360 tereflops!

For more information, take a look at the news articles running on CNet, BBC News, and lots of other places.

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