Earth Simulator, G5 Cluster Drop In 'Top 500' List 343
daveschroeder writes "The November Top 500 supercomputer list has been published at SC2004. Topping the charts is IBM and the US Department of Energy's 'BlueGene/L DD2' beta system, at 70.72 TFlops, followed by NASA's 'Columbia' at 51.87.TFlops. For the first time in several publications of this list, Japan's Earth Simulator is no longer in the number one slot, falling to third. Virginia Tech's 'System X' Xserve G5 cluster, while 20% faster than the original cluster that debuted at number 3 last November, has fallen to number 7 due to the new entries, but remains the fastest supercomputer at an academic institution. Here's an excellent cost comparison (Google cache) of the top machines ('System X' is significantly cheaper than anything else in the top 20, not to mention cheaper than many things far below it in performance)."
The Dept. of Energy (Score:5, Funny)
Thanks for that post (Score:5, Funny)
hehehe, IBM knows how to play (Score:4, Funny)
Funny MIPS (Score:4, Funny)
On any one of those systems, you could emulate a Beowulf cluster of this one, and still have time to play Thermonuclear War.
But.. (Score:0, Funny)
Re:Hmm (Score:5, Funny)
Earth Simulator has liberal bias (Score:5, Funny)
Clearly it suffers from liberal bias.
Re:super computations? (Score:5, Funny)
Why does slashdot keep posting these stories? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Just imagine (Score:1, Funny)
It's still running (Score:5, Funny)
Well, I've noticed a vew glitches (disappearing keys, poor AI in girlfriends, crazy presidents in some countries, etc.), but I'd say most of the Earth has been running reasonably well.
Re:Just imagine (Score:2, Funny)
So true, we should use a complex, awe-inspiring game, which will push the limits of any machine. I suggest Nethack.
Not on the list (Score:3, Funny)
Apparently, the top 500 list is not actually hosted on one of the top 500 machines.
VT ongoing cost of ownership evaluation... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:VT ongoing cost of ownership evaluation... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Erm ... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:What is with the Apple fan-boyism? (Score:5, Funny)
Fine, I'm willing to talk about number 6. [apple.com] ;-)
Re:Hmm (Score:5, Funny)
I'm still hanging in (Score:4, Funny)
Re:And we thought Macs were expensive (Score:4, Funny)
Re:EARTH TO MAC ZEALOTS: (Score:2, Funny)
Re:two times less (Score:3, Funny)
Try "half as much." Damn, I hate grammar nazis like me.
Re:cluster operating system (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Hmm (Score:3, Funny)
Re:What i really like is (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Just imagine (Score:1, Funny)
Nethack on Longhorn!
Re:Power architecture does well (Score:2, Funny)
Coincidentally, my top machine use Microsoft Windows and it has a record of AlwaysFlops.
Re:super computations? (Score:3, Funny)
The closest they got was 41.9998645234, which is pretty good in my book.
MOD PARENT DOWN (Score:3, Funny)
BDH (Score:1, Funny)
We need a Steve Jobs Benchmark! (Score:2, Funny)
(betcha it comes out #1!)
Re:Not to mention that BG beats BigMac in flops/$ (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Hmm (Score:2, Funny)