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TOP500 List - November 2006 (1-100)

Rmax and Rpeak values are in GFlops. For more details about other fields, check the TOP500 description.

RankSiteComputerProcessorsYearRmaxRpeak
1DOE/NNSA/LLNL
United States		BlueGene/L - eServer Blue Gene Solution
IBM		1310722005280600367000
2NNSA/Sandia National Laboratories
United States		Red Storm - Sandia/ Cray Red Storm, Opteron 2.4 GHz dual core
Cray Inc.		265442006101400127411
3IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center
United States		BGW - eServer Blue Gene Solution
IBM		40960200591290114688
4DOE/NNSA/LLNL
United States		ASC Purple - eServer pSeries p5 575 1.9 GHz
IBM		1220820067576092781
5Barcelona Supercomputing Center
Spain		MareNostrum - BladeCenter JS21 Cluster, PPC 970, 2.3 GHz, Myrinet
IBM		1024020066263094208
6NNSA/Sandia National Laboratories
United States		Thunderbird - PowerEdge 1850, 3.6 GHz, Infiniband
Dell		902420065300064972.8
7Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique (CEA)
France		Tera-10 - NovaScale 5160, Itanium2 1.6 GHz, Quadrics
Bull SA		996820065284063795.2
8NASA/Ames Research Center/NAS
United States		Columbia - SGI Altix 1.5 GHz, Voltaire Infiniband
SGI		1016020045187060960
9GSIC 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		1108820064738082124.8
10Oak Ridge National Laboratory
United States		Jaguar - Cray XT3, 2.6 GHz dual Core
Cray Inc.		1042420064348054204.8
11Maui High-Performance Computing Center (MHPCC)
United States		Jaws - PowerEdge 1955, 3.0 GHz, Infiniband
Dell		520020064239062400
12Texas Advanced Computing Center/Univ. of Texas
United States		Lonestar - PowerEdge 1955, 2.66 GHz, Infiniband
Dell		520020064146055473.6
13Forschungszentrum Juelich (FZJ)
Germany		JUBL - eServer Blue Gene Solution
IBM		1638420063733045875
14The Earth Simulator Center
Japan		Earth-Simulator
NEC		512020023586040960
15Atomic Weapons Establishment
United Kingdom		Cray XT3, 2.6 GHz dual Core
Cray Inc.		781220063250040622
16Cray Inc.
United States		Cray XT4, 2.6 GHz
Cray Inc.		669620062798034819
17ASTRON/University Groningen
Netherlands		Stella - eServer Blue Gene Solution
IBM		1228820052745034406.4
18Leibniz Rechenzentrum
Germany		HLRB-II - Altix 4700 1.6 GHz
SGI		409620062436026214
19Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
United States		Thunder - Intel Itanium2 Tiger4 1.4GHz - Quadrics
California Digital Corporation		409620041994022938
20Cambridge University
United Kingdom		Darwin - PowerEdge 1950, 3.0 GHz, Infinipath
ClusterVision/Dell		234020061827028080
21Computational Biology Research Center, AIST
Japan		Blue Protein - eServer Blue Gene Solution
IBM		819220051820022937.6
22Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne
Switzerland		eServer Blue Gene Solution
IBM		819220051820022937.6
23High Energy Accelerator Research Organization /KEK
Japan		KEK/BG Sakura - eServer Blue Gene Solution
IBM		819220061820022937.6
24High Energy Accelerator Research Organization /KEK
Japan		KEK/BG MOMO - eServer Blue Gene Solution
IBM		819220061820022937.6
25IBM Rochester, On Demand Deep Computing Center
United States		eServer Blue Gene Solution
IBM		819220061820022937.6
26ERDC MSRC
United States		Sapphire - Cray XT3, 2.6 GHz
Cray Inc.		409620051697521299
27NCSA
United States		Lincoln - PowerEdge 1955, 2.66 GHz, Infiniband
Dell		204820061650021300
28COLSA
United States		MACH5 - Apple XServe, 2.0 GHz, Myrinet
Self-made		307220051618024576
29Korea Meteorological Administration
Korea, South		Cray X1E (4GB)
Cray Inc.		102020051570618442
30US Army Research Laboratory (ARL)
United States		ARL Classified - Evolocity II (LS Supersystem)
Linux Networx		336820061520019660
31Indiana University
United States		Big Red - BladeCenter JS21 Cluster, PPC 970, 2.5 GHz, Myrinet
IBM		204820061504020480
32Oak Ridge National Laboratory
United States		Cray X1E (2GB)
Cray Inc.		101420051495518333
33Japan Marine Science and Technology
Japan		Altix 4700 1.6 GHz
SGI		256020061459316384
34CeSViMa - BSC
Spain		BladeCenter JS20 Cluster, PPC 970, 2.2 GHz, Myrinet
IBM		240820061400021190.4
35Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVOCEANO)
United States		eServer pSeries p5 575 1.9 GHz
IBM		307220061399023347.2
36National Centers for Environmental Prediction
United States		eServer pSeries p5 575 1.9 GHz
IBM		236820061399017996.8
37National Centers for Environmental Prediction
United States		eServer pSeries p5 575 1.9 GHz
IBM		236820061399017996.8
38ECMWF
United Kingdom		eServer pSeries p5 575 1.9 GHz
IBM		224020061399017024
39ECMWF
United Kingdom		eServer pSeries p5 575 1.9 GHz
IBM		224020061399017024
40Los Alamos National Laboratory
United States		ASCI Q - AlphaServer SC45, 1.25 GHz
Hewlett-Packard		819220021388020480
41University of Southern California
United States		HPC - Pentium4 Xeon, EM64T, Opteron, Opteron dual core, Cluster, Myrinet
Sun Microsystems		532820061381021312
42UCSD/San Diego Supercomputer Center
United States		Intimidata - eServer Blue Gene Solution
IBM		614420061378017203.2
43HPCx
United Kingdom		eServer pSeries p5 575 1.5 GHz
IBM		256020061294015360
44CINECA
Italy		BCX - eServer 326 Cluster, Opteron Dual Core 2.6 GHz, Infiniband
IBM		512020061260826624
45Brigham Young University
United States		Marylou4 - PowerEdge 1955, 2.66 GHz, GigEthernet
Dell		252020061251026812
46Geoscience (E)
United States		BladeCenter LS20, Opteron 2.2 GHz Dual core, GigEthernet
IBM		500020051231222000
47Virginia Tech
United States		System X - 1100 Dual 2.3 GHz Apple XServe/Mellanox Infiniband 4X/Cisco GigE
Self-made		220020041225020240
48Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVOCEANO)
United States		eServer pSeries p5 575 1.9 GHz
IBM		1920200611991.414592
49Technische Universitaet Dresden
Germany		Altix 4700 1.6 GHz
SGI		2048200611913.213107.2
50Scientific Supercomputing Center Karlsruhe
Germany		Cluster Platform 4000 DL145 Opteron Dual Core 2.6 GHz Infiniband
Hewlett-Packard		300020061185615600
51Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute
Japan		SGI Altix 3700 Bx2, 1.6 GHz, NUMALink
SGI		204820051181413107
52IBM - Rochester
United States		BlueGene/L DD1 Prototype (0.5GHz PowerPC 440 w/Custom)
IBM		819220041168016384
53Wright-Patterson Air Force Base/DoD ASC
United States		SGI Altix 3700 Bx2, 1.6 GHz, NUMALink
SGI		204820031165213107
54US Army Research Laboratory (ARL)
United States		John Von Neumann - LNX Cluster, Xeon 3.6 GHz, Myrinet
Linux Networx		204820051065014745.6
55NCAR (National Center for Atmospheric Research)
United States		blueice - eServer pSeries p5 575 1.9 GHz
IBM		1696200610592.412889.6
56Center for Computational Science, University of Tsukuba
Japan		PACS-CS, low voltage Xeon 2.8 GHz, 3D Hyper-Crossbar
Hitachi/Fujitsu		256020061035014336
57China Meteorological Administration
China		eServer pSeries 655 (1.7 GHz Power4+)
IBM		320020051031021760
58Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVOCEANO)
United States		eServer pSeries 655 (1.7 GHz Power4+)
IBM		294420041031020019.2
59NCSA
United States		Tungsten - PowerEdge 1750, P4 Xeon 3.06 GHz, Myrinet
Dell		25002003981915300
60BMW Sauber F1
Switzerland		Albert - Dalco Cluster, Intel Xeon 3.0 Ghz, Quadrics
DALCO AG Switzerland		10242006960412288
61EDF R&D
France		eServer Blue Gene Solution
IBM		40962006943311468.8
62Harvard University
United States		eServer Blue Gene Solution
IBM		40962006943311468.8
63High Energy Accelerator Research Organization /KEK
Japan		KEK/BG UME - eServer Blue Gene Solution
IBM		40962006943311468.8
64IBM - Almaden Research Center
United States		eServer Blue Gene Solution
IBM		40962005943311468.8
65IBM Research
Switzerland		eServer Blue Gene Solution
IBM		40962005943311468.8
66IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center
United States		eServer Blue Gene Solution
IBM		40962005943311468.8
67ECMWF
United Kingdom		eServer pSeries 690 (1.9 GHz Power4+)
IBM		21762004924116538
68UCSD/San Diego Supercomputer Center
United States		DataStar - eServer pSeries 655/690 (1.5/1.7 GHz Power4+)
IBM		24642005912115628
69Japan Meteorological Agency
Japan		SR11000-K1/80
Hitachi		802005903610752
70Japan Meteorological Agency
Japan		SR11000-K1/80
Hitachi		802005903610752
71Australian Partnership for Advanced Computing (APAC)
Australia		SGI Altix 3700 Bx2, 1.6 GHz, NUMALink
SGI		1536200589749830
72HWW/Universitaet Stuttgart
Germany		SX8/576M72
NEC		576200589239216
73Institute of Physical and Chemical Res. (RIKEN)
Japan		RIKEN Super Combined Cluster
Fujitsu		20482004872812534
74Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
United States		Mpp2 - Cluster Platform 6000 rx2600 Itanium2 1.5 GHz, Quadrics
Hewlett-Packard		19362003863311616
75Eli Lilly and Company
United States		BladeCenter HS21 Cluster, Xeon dual core 3.0 GHz, Infiniband
IBM		10722006856412864
76Intel
United States		Endeavor - Intel Cluster, Xeon 3.0 GHz dual core, Infiniband
Intel		10242006856412288
77Georgia Institute of Technology
United States		BladeCenter LS20, Opteron 2.0 GHz Dual core, GigEthernet
IBM		39202006850915680
78Caltech
United States		CITerra - PowerEdge 1850, 3.2 GHz, Myrinet
Dell		20482005840813107.2
79NOAA/Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL)
United States		eServer pSeries p5 575 1.9 GHz
IBM		132820068294.0710092.8
80CSC (Center for Scientific Computing)
Finland		ProLiant BL465c Opteron Dual Core 2.6 GHz Infiniband
Hewlett-Packard		204820068200.210649
81Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
United States		Zeus - Appro Xtreme Server - Quad Opteron Dual Core 2.4GHz Infiniband
Appro International		23042006818111059.2
82Shanghai Supercomputer Center
China		Dawning 4000A, Opteron 2.2 GHz, Myrinet
Dawning		25602004806111264
83Los Alamos National Laboratory
United States		Lightning - Opteron 2 GHz, Myrinet
Linux Networx		28162003805111264
84SCS S.r.l.
Italy		ProLiant BL460c EM64T Xeon 51xx 3GHz
Hewlett-Packard		102420067987.212288
85Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center
United States		Cray XT3, 2.4 GHz
Cray Inc.		206020057935.829888
86Wright-Patterson Air Force Base/DoD ASC
United States		Cluster Platform 4000 DL145 Opteron 2.8 GHz Infiniband
Hewlett-Packard		20482006792511469
87University at Buffalo, SUNY, Center for Computational Res.
United States		U2 - PowerEdge SC1425 3.2 GHz, Myrinet
Dell		1536200677379830.4
88Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
United States		MCR Linux Cluster Xeon 2.4 GHz - Quadrics
Linux Networx		23042002763411060
89Statoil
Norway		Cluster Platform 3000 DL380 Xeon 51xx 3.0 Ghz, Infiniband
Hewlett-Packard		102420067495.712288
90Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
United States		ASCI White, SP Power3 375 MHz
IBM		81922000730412288
91NERSC/LBNL
United States		Seaborg - SP Power3 375 MHz 16 way
IBM		6656200273049984
92NCSA
United States		TeraGrid, Itanium2 1.3/1.5 GHZ, Myrinet
IBM		17762004721510259
93US Army Research Laboratory (ARL)
United States		eServer Opteron 2.2 GHz. Myrinet
IBM		23202004718510208
94Swiss Scientific Computing Center (CSCS)
Switzerland		Cray XT3, 2.6 GHz
Cray Inc.		1664200671828652.8
95Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
United States		Kaon - Opteron 2.0 GHz, Infiniband
Self-made		2400200668949600
96University of Sherbrooke
Canada		Mp - PowerEdge SC1425 3.6 GHz- Infiniband
Dell		1152200568888294.4
97Nagoya University
Japan		PRIMEPOWER HPC2500 (2.08 GHz)
Fujitsu		16642005686013844
98Los Alamos National Laboratory
United States		Coyote A - Opteron 2.6 GHz, Infiniband
Linux Networx		1620200566778424
99Joint Supercomputer Center
Russia		MVS-15000BM, eServer BladeCenter JS20 (PowerPC970 2.2 GHz), Myrinet
IBM		114820066645.5310102.4
100Merck and Company
United States		BladeCenter LS20, Opteron 2.2 GHz Dual core, GigEthernet
IBM		268820066618.9311827.2