IBM surges to lead in global supercomputing

An independent study released recently named IBM as the world's leading
provider of both installed supercomputing systems, with 224 systems on the list
and total aggregate supercomputing power with a record total 407 teraflops of
power (trillions of calculations per second).

According to analysis from the Top500 List of Supercomputers, IBM is the
leader in global supercomputing with 50% of the total processing power in the
world, which is two and a half times more processing power than its closest
rival, runner up HP with 19%.

For the first time, two IBM Blue Gene/L prototype systems appear on the Top
10 list of supercomputers. The Blue Gene/L prototype represents a radical new
design for supercomputing. At 1/20th the physical size of existing machines of
comparable power, Blue Gene/L enables dramatic reductions in power consumption,
cost and space requirements for businesses requiring immense computing power.
For a new architecture to produce so much compute power in such a small package
is a stunning achievement, and provides a glimpse of the future of
supercomputing.

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ODE TO IBM

l It has 224 supercomputer systems
installed, most of any vendors (44.8% of the list are IBM systems)

l It has most installed computing power
with over 407 Teraflops. (50% of the total power on the list belongs to IBM)

l It has the most supercomputers in the
Top10 (3)

l It has the most supercomputers in the
Top20 (10)

l It has the most supercomputers in the
Top100 (68)

l It has the most Linux clusters on the
TOP500 List (150)

NOTE: The entire list can be viewed at http://www.top500.org