If you want a really powerful computer....

[Derek Atkins]

Ric Werme <ewerme at comcast.net> writes:

> The latest semi-annual Top 500 Supercomputer list is out.
>
> They only rank things by CPU power (Linpack benchmark), so other
> important aspects of supercomputers like I/O capacity are missing,
> but it's still a fascinating list.  Systems from several local
> vendors have been on the list.  I'm not sure how many have local
> influence now, but I had dinner last night with some ex-Alliant
> (a mini-supercomputer company that failed in 1992) and some of
> them are still involved in the genre.
>
> The only system I had direct influence on is the last DEC Alpha
> system, LANL's ASCI-Q system with 8192 Alpha CPUs.  It's down to
> #91.
>
> 426 system run Linux(!), 32 run Unix, 2 run MacOS.  IBM's AIX has 24
> of the Unixes, it looks like HP-UX is on none.

And how many run Windows?  ;)

> See http://www.top500.org/lists/2007/11 if you're interested.

Ahh, looks like 6.

>    -Ric Werme

-derek

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