6/23/2005

Move over old-n-busted NEC Earth Simulator.

Here’s the continuing new hotness, IBM’s BlueGene/L.

Note this report’s comment about the incresing adoption of the Linux “eight of the top 10 supercomputers ran on Linux” as well as Europe’s total hopelessness in world supercomputer race.

increases supercomputer dominance
…For the second time, IBM’s BlueGene/L System at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories in Livermore, California, was the fastest supercomputer in the world. The machine also held pole position on the previous Top500 issued in November of last year. …
….also emphasized the continuing adoption of the Linux operating system — eight of the top 10 supercomputers ran on Linux …
…. In fourth position was the previous number one fastest supercomputer prior to BlueGene/L, NEC’s Earth Simulator in Yokohama, Japan, with a Linpack benchmark performance of 35.86 teraflops.