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Top500 List - November 2006

R_max and R_peak values are in TFlops. For more details about other fields, check the TOP500 description.

Rank	Site	System	Cores	Rmax (TFlop/s)	Rpeak (TFlop/s)	Power (kW)
1	DOE/NNSA/LLNL United States	BlueGene/L - eServer Blue Gene Solution IBM	131072	280.6	367.0	1433
2	NNSA/Sandia National Laboratories United States	Red Storm - Sandia/ Cray Red Storm, Opteron 2.4 GHz dual core Cray Inc.	26544	101.4	127.4
3	IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center United States	BGW - eServer Blue Gene Solution IBM	40960	91.3	114.7	448
4	DOE/NNSA/LLNL United States	ASC Purple - eServer pSeries p5 575 1.9 GHz IBM	12208	75.8	92.8	1992
5	Barcelona Supercomputing Center Spain	MareNostrum - BladeCenter JS21 Cluster, PPC 970, 2.3 GHz, Myrinet IBM	10240	62.6	94.2
6	NNSA/Sandia National Laboratories United States	Thunderbird - PowerEdge 1850, 3.6 GHz, Infiniband Dell	9024	53.0	65.0
7	Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique (CEA) France	Tera-10 - NovaScale 5160, Itanium2 1.6 GHz, Quadrics Bull SA	9968	52.8	63.8
8	NASA/Ames Research Center/NAS United States	Columbia - SGI Altix 1.5 GHz, Voltaire Infiniband SGI	10160	51.9	61.0
9	GSIC Center, Tokyo Institute of Technology Japan	TSUBAME Grid Cluster - Sun Fire x4600 Cluster, Opteron 2.4/2.6 GHz and ClearSpeed Accelerator, Infiniband NEC/Sun	11088	47.4	82.1
10	DOE/SC/Oak Ridge National Laboratory United States	Jaguar - Cray XT3, 2.6 GHz dual Core Cray Inc.	10424	43.5	54.2
11	Maui High-Performance Computing Center (MHPCC) United States	Jaws - PowerEdge 1955, 3.0 GHz, Infiniband Dell	5200	42.4	62.4
12	Texas Advanced Computing Center/Univ. of Texas United States	Lonestar - PowerEdge 1955, 2.66 GHz, Infiniband Dell	5200	41.5	55.5
13	Forschungszentrum Juelich (FZJ) Germany	JUBL - eServer Blue Gene Solution IBM	16384	37.3	45.9	179
14	Japan Agency for Marine -Earth Science and Technology Japan	Earth-Simulator NEC	5120	35.9	41.0	3200
15	Atomic Weapons Establishment United Kingdom	Cray XT3, 2.6 GHz dual Core Cray Inc.	7812	32.5	40.6
16	Cray Inc. United States	Cray XT4, 2.6 GHz Cray Inc.	6696	28.0	34.8
17	ASTRON/University Groningen Netherlands	Stella - eServer Blue Gene Solution IBM	12288	27.4	34.4	134
18	Leibniz Rechenzentrum Germany	HLRB-II - Altix 4700 1.6 GHz SGI	4096	24.4	26.2
19	Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory United States	Thunder - Intel Itanium2 Tiger4 1.4GHz - Quadrics California Digital Corporation	4096	19.9	22.9
20	Cambridge University United Kingdom	Darwin - PowerEdge 1950, 3.0 GHz, Infinipath ClusterVision/Dell	2340	18.3	28.1
21	Computational Biology Research Center, AIST Japan	Blue Protein - eServer Blue Gene Solution IBM	8192	18.2	22.9	89
22	Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne Switzerland	eServer Blue Gene Solution IBM	8192	18.2	22.9	89
23	High Energy Accelerator Research Organization /KEK Japan	KEK/BG Sakura - eServer Blue Gene Solution IBM	8192	18.2	22.9	89
24	High Energy Accelerator Research Organization /KEK Japan	KEK/BG MOMO - eServer Blue Gene Solution IBM	8192	18.2	22.9	89
25	IBM Rochester, On Demand Deep Computing Center United States	eServer Blue Gene Solution IBM	8192	18.2	22.9	89
26	ERDC DSRC United States	Sapphire - Cray XT3, 2.6 GHz Cray Inc.	4096	17.0	21.3
27	NCSA United States	Lincoln - PowerEdge 1955, 2.66 GHz, Infiniband Dell	2048	16.5	21.3
28	COLSA United States	MACH5 - Apple XServe, 2.0 GHz, Myrinet Self-made	3072	16.2	24.6
29	Korea Meteorological Administration Korea, South	Cray X1E (4GB) Cray Inc.	1020	15.7	18.4
30	US Army Research Laboratory (ARL) United States	Humvee - Evolocity II (LS Supersystem) Linux Networx	3368	15.2	19.7
31	Indiana University United States	Big Red - BladeCenter JS21 Cluster, PPC 970, 2.5 GHz, Myrinet IBM	2048	15.0	20.5
32	DOE/SC/Oak Ridge National Laboratory United States	Cray X1E (2GB) Cray Inc.	1014	15.0	18.3
33	Japan Marine Science and Technology Japan	Altix 4700 1.6 GHz SGI	2560	14.6	16.4
34	CeSViMa - BSC Spain	BladeCenter JS20 Cluster, PPC 970, 2.2 GHz, Myrinet IBM	2408	14.0	21.2
35	ECMWF United Kingdom	eServer pSeries p5 575 1.9 GHz IBM	2240	14.0	17.0	365
36	ECMWF United Kingdom	eServer pSeries p5 575 1.9 GHz IBM	2240	14.0	17.0	365
37	Naval Oceanographic Office - NAVO DSRC United States	eServer pSeries p5 575 1.9 GHz IBM	3072	14.0	23.3	501
38	NOAA R&D/ National Centers for Environmental Prediction United States	eServer pSeries p5 575 1.9 GHz IBM	2368	14.0	18.0	386
39	NOAA R&D/ National Centers for Environmental Prediction United States	eServer pSeries p5 575 1.9 GHz IBM	2368	14.0	18.0	386
40	Los Alamos National Laboratory United States	ASCI Q - AlphaServer SC45, 1.25 GHz Hewlett-Packard	8192	13.9	20.5
41	University of Southern California United States	HPC - Pentium4 Xeon, EM64T, Opteron, Opteron dual core, Cluster, Myrinet Oracle	5328	13.8	21.3
42	UCSD/San Diego Supercomputer Center United States	Intimidata - eServer Blue Gene Solution IBM	6144	13.8	17.2	67
43	HPCx United Kingdom	eServer pSeries p5 575 1.5 GHz IBM	2560	12.9	15.4
44	CINECA Italy	BCX - eServer 326 Cluster, Opteron Dual Core 2.6 GHz, Infiniband IBM	5120	12.6	26.6
45	Brigham Young University United States	Marylou4 - PowerEdge 1955, 2.66 GHz, GigEthernet Dell	2520	12.5	26.8
46	Geoscience (E) United States	BladeCenter LS20, Opteron 2.2 GHz Dual core, GigEthernet IBM	5000	12.3	22.0	307
47	Virginia Tech United States	System X - 1100 Dual 2.3 GHz Apple XServe/Mellanox Infiniband 4X/Cisco GigE Self-made	2200	12.2	20.2
48	Naval Oceanographic Office - NAVO DSRC United States	eServer pSeries p5 575 1.9 GHz IBM	1920	12.0	14.6	313
49	Technische Universitaet Dresden Germany	Altix 4700 1.6 GHz SGI	2048	11.9	13.1
50	Scientific Supercomputing Center Karlsruhe Germany	Cluster Platform 4000 DL145 Opteron Dual Core 2.6 GHz Infiniband Hewlett-Packard	3000	11.9	15.6
51	Air Force Research Laboratory - ARFL DSRC United States	SGI Altix 3700 Bx2, 1.6 GHz, NUMALink SGI	2048	11.8	13.1
52	Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute Japan	SGI Altix 3700 Bx2, 1.6 GHz, NUMALink SGI	2048	11.8	13.1
53	IBM - Rochester United States	BlueGene/L DD1 Prototype (0.5GHz PowerPC 440 w/Custom) IBM/ LLNL	8192	11.7	16.4
54	US Army Research Laboratory (ARL) United States	John Von Neumann - LNX Cluster, Xeon 3.6 GHz, Myrinet Linux Networx	2048	10.7	14.7
55	NCAR (National Center for Atmospheric Research) United States	blueice - eServer pSeries p5 575 1.9 GHz IBM	1696	10.6	12.9	276
56	Center for Computational Sciences, University of Tsukuba Japan	PACS-CS - PACS-CS, low voltage Xeon 2.8 GHz, 3D Hyper-Crossbar Hitachi/Fujitsu	2560	10.3	14.3	545
57	China Meteorological Administration China	eServer pSeries 655 (1.7 GHz Power4+) IBM	3200	10.3	21.8
58	Naval Oceanographic Office - NAVO DSRC United States	eServer pSeries 655 (1.7 GHz Power4+) IBM	2944	10.3	20.0
59	NCSA United States	Tungsten - PowerEdge 1750, P4 Xeon 3.06 GHz, Myrinet Dell	2500	9.8	15.3
60	BMW Sauber F1 Switzerland	Albert - Dalco Cluster, Intel Xeon 3.0 Ghz, Quadrics DALCO AG Switzerland	1024	9.6	12.3
61	EDF R&D France	eServer Blue Gene Solution IBM	4096	9.4	11.5	44
62	Harvard University United States	eServer Blue Gene Solution IBM	4096	9.4	11.5	44
63	High Energy Accelerator Research Organization /KEK Japan	KEK/BG UME - eServer Blue Gene Solution IBM	4096	9.4	11.5	44
64	IBM - Almaden Research Center United States	eServer Blue Gene Solution IBM	4096	9.4	11.5	44
65	IBM Research Switzerland	eServer Blue Gene Solution IBM	4096	9.4	11.5	44
66	IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center United States	eServer Blue Gene Solution IBM/ LLNL	4096	9.4	11.5	44
67	ECMWF United Kingdom	eServer pSeries 690 (1.9 GHz Power4+) IBM	2176	9.2	16.5
68	UCSD/San Diego Supercomputer Center United States	DataStar - eServer pSeries 655/690 (1.5/1.7 GHz Power4+) IBM	2464	9.1	15.6
69	Japan Meteorological Agency Japan	SR11000-K1/80 Hitachi	80	9.0	10.8
70	Japan Meteorological Agency Japan	SR11000-K1/80 Hitachi	80	9.0	10.8
71	National Computational Infrastructure National Facility (NCI-NF) Australia	SGI Altix 3700 Bx2, 1.6 GHz, NUMALink SGI	1536	9.0	9.8
72	HWW/Universitaet Stuttgart Germany	SX8/576M72 NEC	576	8.9	9.2
73	Institute of Physical and Chemical Res. (RIKEN) Japan	RIKEN Super Combined Cluster Fujitsu	2048	8.7	12.5
74	DOE/SC/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory United States	Mpp2 - Cluster Platform 6000 rx2600 Itanium2 1.5 GHz, Quadrics Hewlett-Packard	1936	8.6	11.6
75	Eli Lilly and Company United States	BladeCenter HS21 Cluster, Xeon dual core 3.0 GHz, Infiniband IBM	1072	8.6	12.9	102
76	Intel United States	Endeavor - Intel Cluster, Xeon 3.0 GHz dual core, Infiniband Intel	1024	8.6	12.3
77	Georgia Institute of Technology United States	BladeCenter LS20, Opteron 2.0 GHz Dual core, GigEthernet IBM	3920	8.5	15.7	220
78	Caltech United States	CITerra - PowerEdge 1850, 3.2 GHz, Myrinet Dell	2048	8.4	13.1
79	NOAA/Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL) United States	eServer pSeries p5 575 1.9 GHz IBM	1328	8.3	10.1	216
80	CSC (Center for Scientific Computing) Finland	Cluster Platform 4000 BL465c Opteron Dual Core 2.6 GHz Infiniband Hewlett-Packard	2048	8.2	10.6
81	Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory United States	Zeus - Appro Xtreme Server - Quad Opteron Dual Core 2.4GHz Infiniband Appro International	2304	8.2	11.1
82	Shanghai Supercomputer Center China	Dawning 4000A, Opteron 2.2 GHz, Myrinet Dawning	2560	8.1	11.3
83	Los Alamos National Laboratory United States	Lightning - Opteron 2 GHz, Myrinet Linux Networx	2816	8.1	11.3
84	CINECA / SCS - SuperComputing Solution Italy	Cluster Platform 3000 BL460c, Xeon 51xx 3.0GHz, Infiniband Hewlett-Packard	1024	8.0	12.3
85	Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center United States	BigBen - Cray XT3, 2.4 GHz Cray Inc.	2060	7.9	9.9
86	Air Force Research Laboratory - ARFL DSRC United States	Cluster Platform 4000 DL145 Opteron 2.8 GHz Infiniband Hewlett-Packard	2048	7.9	11.5
87	University at Buffalo, SUNY, Center for Computational Res. United States	U2 - PowerEdge SC1425 3.2 GHz, Myrinet Dell	1536	7.7	9.8
88	Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory United States	MCR Linux Cluster Xeon 2.4 GHz - Quadrics Linux Networx/Quadrics	2304	7.6	11.1
89	Statoil Norway	Cluster Platform 3000 DL380 Xeon 51xx 3.0 Ghz, Infiniband Hewlett-Packard	1024	7.5	12.3
90	DOE/SC/LBNL/NERSC United States	Seaborg - SP Power3 375 MHz 16 way IBM	6656	7.3	10.0
91	Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory United States	ASCI White, SP Power3 375 MHz IBM	8192	7.3	12.3
92	NCSA United States	TeraGrid, Itanium2 1.3/1.5 GHZ, Myrinet IBM	1776	7.2	10.3
93	US Army Research Laboratory (ARL) United States	eServer Opteron 2.2 GHz. Myrinet IBM	2320	7.2	10.2
94	Swiss Scientific Computing Center (CSCS) Switzerland	Cray XT3, 2.6 GHz Cray Inc.	1664	7.2	8.7
95	Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory United States	Kaon - Opteron 2.0 GHz, Infiniband Self-made	2400	6.9	9.6
96	University of Sherbrooke Canada	Mp - PowerEdge SC1425 3.6 GHz- Infiniband Dell	1152	6.9	8.3
97	Nagoya University Japan	PRIMEPOWER HPC2500 (2.08 GHz) Fujitsu	1664	6.9	13.8
98	Los Alamos National Laboratory United States	Coyote A - Opteron 2.6 GHz, Infiniband Linux Networx	1620	6.7	8.4
99	Joint Supercomputer Center Russia	MVS-15000BM, eServer BladeCenter JS20 (PowerPC970 2.2 GHz), Myrinet IBM	1148	6.6	10.1
100	Merck and Company United States	BladeCenter LS20, Opteron 2.2 GHz Dual core, GigEthernet IBM	2688	6.6	11.8	165