Top500.org Listing of top 500 supercomputing sites
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TOP500 Supercomputing Sites
Description
Introduction and Objectives
Statistics on high-performance computers are of major interest to manufacturers, users, and potential users. These people wish to know not only the number of systems installed, but also the location of the various supercomputers within the high-performance computing community and the applications for which a computer system is being used. Such statistics can facilitate the establishment of collaborations, the exchange of data and software, and provide a better understanding of the high-performance computer market.
Statistical lists of supercomputers are not new. Every year since 1986 Hans Meuer has published system counts of the major vector computer manufacturers, based principally on those at the Mannheim Supercomputer Seminar. Statistics based merely on the name of the manufacturer are no longer useful, however. New statistics are required that reflect the diversification of supercomputers, the enormous performance difference between low-end and high-end models, the increasing availability of massively parallel processing (MPP) systems, and the strong increase in computing power of the high-end models of workstation suppliers (SMP).
To provide this new statistical foundation, we have decided in 1993 to assemble and maintain a list of the 500 most powerful computer systems. Our list has been compiled twice a year since June 1993 with the help of high-performance computer experts, computational scientists, manufacturers, and the Internet community in general who responded to a questionnaire we sent out; we thank all the contributors for their cooperation. We have also used parts of statistical lists published by others for different purposes.
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Contact
- Top 500 Supercomputer Sites
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- Laval Quebec
- Canada H7W5J5
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- +1.5148159272
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