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Infiniband

InfiniBand is a switched fabric communications link primarily used in high-performance computing. Its features include quality of service and failover, and it is designed to be scalable. The InfiniBand architecture specification defines a connection between processor nodes and high performance I/O nodes such as storage devices. It is a superset of the Virtual Interface Architecture. (Source: Wikipedia)

For more information, see the section about Infiniband in the recent "Overview of Recent Supercomputers".


In June 2007, 130 systems appeared in the TOP500 list.

Rank System Procs Memory(GB) Rmax (GFlops) Rpeak (GFlops) Vendor
8 Abe
PowerEdge 1955, 2.33 GHz, Infiniband, Windows Server 2008/Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4		 9600 9600 62680 89587.2 Dell
11 Thunderbird
PowerEdge 1850, 3.6 GHz, Infiniband		 9024 N/A 53000 64972.8 Dell
14 TSUBAME Grid Cluster
Sun Fire x4600 Cluster, Opteron 2.4/2.6 GHz and ClearSpeed Accelerator, Infiniband		 11088 21248 48880 78796.8 NEC/Sun
15 Lonestar
PowerEdge 1955, 2.66 GHz, Infiniband		 5848 11600 46730 62220 Dell
16 Jaws
PowerEdge 1955, 3.0 GHz, Infiniband		 5200 5200 42390 62400 Dell
17 Michael J. Muuss Cluster (MJM)
Evolocity II (LS Supersystem) Xeon 51xx 3.0 GHz IB		 4416 8832 40610 52992 LNXI
19 Atlas
Appro Xtreme Server - Quad Opteron Dual Core 2.4GHz Infiniband		 9216 18432 36580 44240 Appro
22 CEA-CCRT-Platine
Novascale 3045, Itanium2 1.6 GHz, Infiniband		 6144 21184 35130 39321 Bull
23 Queen Bee
PowerEdge 1950, 2.33 GHz, Infiniband		 5440 5440 34780 50766.1 Dell
25 Topsail
PowerEdge 1955, 2.33 GHz, Cisco/Topspin Infiniband		 4160 6240 28770 38821.1 Dell
35 xSeries x3550 Cluster Xeon, 3 GHz, Infiniband 2072 N/A 19910 24860 IBM
44 Darwin
PowerEdge 1950, 3.0 GHz, Infinipath		 2340 N/A 18270 28080
45 SGI Altix XE 1300 Cluster Solutions, 2.66GHZ, Infiniband 2048 4100 17310 21791 SGI
47 T3
PowerEdge 1955, 2.66 GHz, Infiniband		 2048 N/A 16680 21300 Dell
54 Bio-X2
PowerEdge 1950, 2.33 GHz, Infiniband		 2208 4416 15570 20578 Dell
57 Humvee
Evolocity II (LS Supersystem)		 3368 N/A 15200 19660 LNXI
66 BladeCenter HS21 Cluster, Xeon dual core 3.0 GHz, Infiniband 1360 N/A 12832 16320 IBM
67 BCX
eServer 326 Cluster, Opteron Dual Core 2.6 GHz, Infiniband		 5120 2128 12608 26624 IBM
71 System X
1100 Dual 2.3 GHz Apple XServe/Mellanox Infiniband 4X/Cisco GigE		 2200 N/A 12250 20240 Self-made
72 Cluster Platform 3000 BL460c, Xeon 51xx 3.0GHz, Infiniband 1568 N/A 12230 18816 HP
74 Cluster Platform 4000 DL145 Opteron Dual Core 2.6 GHz Infiniband 3000 N/A 11856 15600 HP
77 Huygens
eServer pSeries 575, p5+ 1.9 GHz, Infiniband		 1920 N/A 11490 14592 IBM
79 Deimos
Opteron dual core 2.6 GHz, Infiniband		 2576 7.68554e+06 10880 13395 LNXI
80 Cluster Platform 3000 BL460c, Xeon 51xx 3.0GHz, Infiniband 1392 N/A 10857 16704 HP
81 Endeavor
Intel Cluster, Xeon 3.0 GHz dual core, Infiniband		 1140 2280 10770 13680 Intel
89 Razor
PowerEdge 1950, 3 GHz, Voltaire Infiniband		 1120 4480 10310 13440 Dell
105 SKIF-Cyberia
Xeon Cluster, QLogic InfiniPath		 1128 1128 9010 12002 T-Platforms
106 Rainier
PowerEdge 1955, 1.86 GHz, Cisco Infiniband, Windows OS		 2048 2048 8997 15237.1 Dell
110 Cluster Platform 3000 DL140G3, Xeon 51xx 3 Ghz, Infiniband 1024 N/A 8751 12288 HP
116 xSeries x3455 Cluster Opteron, 2.6 GHz, Infiniband 4228 N/A 8210 21985.6 IBM
117 xSeries x3455 Cluster Opteron, 2.6 GHz, Infiniband 2152 N/A 8210 11190.4 IBM
118 Cluster Platform 4000 BL465c Opteron Dual Core 2.6 GHz Infiniband 2048 N/A 8200.2 10649 HP
119 Zeus
Appro Xtreme Server - Quad Opteron Dual Core 2.4GHz Infiniband		 2304 N/A 8181 11059.2 Appro
123 Cluster Platform 3000 BL460c, Xeon 53xx 1.6GHz, Infiniband 1928 N/A 8021 12339 HP
124 Cluster Platform 3000 BL460c, Xeon 51xx 2.33GHz, Infiniband 1320 N/A 8006 12318 HP
125 Cluster Platform 3000 BL460c, Xeon 51xx 2.66GHz, Infiniband 1152 N/A 7988 12289 HP
126 Cluster Platform 3000 BL460c, Xeon 51xx 2.66GHz, Infiniband 1152 N/A 7988 12289 HP
127 Cluster Platform 3000 BL460c, Xeon 51xx 2.66GHz, Infiniband 1152 N/A 7988 12289 HP
128 Cluster Platform 3000 BL460c, Xeon 51xx 2.66GHz, Infiniband 1152 N/A 7988 12289 HP
129 Cluster Platform 3000 BL460c, Xeon 51xx 2.66GHz, Infiniband 1152 N/A 7988 12289 HP
130 Cluster Platform 3000 BL460c, Xeon 51xx 2.66GHz, Infiniband 1152 N/A 7988 12289 HP
131 Cluster Platform 3000 BL460c, Xeon 51xx 2.66GHz, Infiniband 1152 N/A 7988 12289 HP
132 Cluster Platform 3000 BL460c, Xeon 51xx 2.66GHz, Infiniband 1152 N/A 7988 12289 HP
133 Cluster Platform 3000 BL460c, Xeon 51xx 3.0GHz, Infiniband 1024 N/A 7987.2 12288 HP
134 Hercules
PowerEdge 1950, 2.33 GHz, Infiniband		 1096 N/A 7944 10227.9 LNXI
135 Cluster Platform 4000 DL145 Opteron 2.8 GHz Infiniband 2048 N/A 7925 11469 HP
137 Cluster Platform 3000 BL460c, Xeon 51xx 3.0GHz, Infiniband 1012 N/A 7894 12144 HP
148 Cluster Platform 3000 BL460c, Xeon 51xx 3.0GHz, Infiniband 976 N/A 7612 11712 HP
151 Cluster Platform 3000 DL380 Xeon 51xx 3.0 Ghz, Infiniband 1024 N/A 7495.7 12288 HP
153 Cluster Platform 3000 BL460c, Xeon 51xx 2.66GHz, Infiniband 1068 N/A 7405 11393 HP
164 Cluster Platform 3000 BL460c, Xeon 51xx 2.66GHz, Infiniband 1024 N/A 7100 10924 HP
165 Cluster Platform 3000 BL460c, Xeon 51xx 2.66GHz, Infiniband 1024 N/A 7100 10924 HP
176 Kaon
Opteron 2.0 GHz, Infiniband		 2400 2352 6894 9600 Self-made
177 Mp
PowerEdge SC1425 3.6 GHz- Infiniband		 1152 N/A 6888 8294.4 Dell
184 Cluster Platform 4000 BL685c, Opteron DC 2.4GHz, Infiniband 1808 N/A 6682 8678 HP
185 Cluster Platform 4000 BL685c, Opteron DC 2.4GHz, Infiniband 1808 N/A 6682 8678 HP
186 Coyote A
Opteron 2.6 GHz, Infiniband		 1620 6480 6677 8424 LNXI
190 Cluster Platform 3000 BL460c, Xeon 51xx 2.66GHz, Infiniband 952 N/A 6601 10155 HP
191 Cluster Platform 3000 BL460c, Xeon 51xx 2.66GHz, Infiniband 952 N/A 6601 10155 HP
193 Damiana
NOW Cluster - Intel Xeon 5160, 3 GHz		 672 1344 6527 8064 Megware
203 Cluster Platform 3000 BL460c, Xeon 51xx 3.0GHz, Infiniband 800 N/A 6240 9600 HP
214 Cluster Platform 3000 BL460c, Xeon 51xx 3.0GHz, Infiniband 800 N/A 6240 9600 HP
216 bw10
Cluster Platform 3000 BL460c, Xeon 53xx 2.33GHz, Infiniband		 1024 N/A 6210 9555 HP
240 DL360 G5 Cluster, Xeon 2.33 Ghz, Infiniband 1032 N/A 6067 9630 HP
248 Cluster Platform 3000 BL460c, Xeon 51xx 3.0GHz, Infiniband 772 N/A 6022 9264 HP
255 Pleiades
PowerEdge 1950, 2.33 GHz, Cisco Infiniband		 800 1600 5937.33 7465.6 Dell
260 Cluster Platform 3000 BL460c, Xeon 53xx 2.66GHz, Infiniband 800 N/A 5888 8534 HP
262 Sun Fire x2200 M2 Cluster, Opteron 2.6 Ghz, GigEthernet 2048 N/A 5857.28 10649.6 Sun
263 Cluster Platform 3000 BL460c, Xeon 51xx 3.0GHz, Infiniband 748 N/A 5834 8976 HP
266 MVS-50000
Cluster Platform 3000 BL460c, Xeon 51xx 3.0GHz, Infiniband		 640 640 5741 7680 HP
268 Cluster Platform 3000 BL460c, Xeon 53xx 2.66GHz, Infiniband 776 N/A 5712 8278 HP
270 Cluster Platform 3000 BL460c, Xeon 53xx 2.66GHz, Infiniband 816 N/A 5658 8705 HP
274 Cluster Platform 3000 DL140G3, Xeon 51xx 3 Ghz, Infiniband 740 N/A 5585 8880 HP
276 Cluster Platform 3000 BL460c, Xeon 51xx 2.66GHz, Infiniband 800 N/A 5547 8534 HP
277 Cluster Platform 3000 BL460c, Xeon 51xx 2.66GHz, Infiniband 800 N/A 5547 8534 HP
278 Cluster Platform 3000 BL460c, Xeon 51xx 2.66GHz, Infiniband 800 N/A 5547 8534 HP
279 Cluster Platform 3000 BL460c, Xeon 51xx 2.66GHz, Infiniband 800 N/A 5547 8534 HP
280 Cluster Platform 3000 BL460c, Xeon 51xx 2.66GHz, Infiniband 800 N/A 5547 8534 HP
281 Cluster Platform 3000 BL460c, Xeon 51xx 2.66GHz, Infiniband 800 N/A 5547 8534 HP
282 Cluster Platform 3000 BL460c, Xeon 51xx 2.66GHz, Infiniband 800 N/A 5547 8534 HP
283 Cluster Platform 3000 BL460c, Xeon 51xx 2.66GHz, Infiniband 800 N/A 5547 8534 HP
285 Cluster Platform 3000 BL460c, Xeon 51xx 2.33GHz, Infiniband 908 N/A 5507 8473 HP
290 Topdawg
PowerEdge 1850, 3.2 GHz, Infiniband		 1024 N/A 5438 6553.6 Dell
293 Cluster Platform 3000 BL460c, Xeon 51xx 2.33GHz, Infiniband 876 N/A 5313 8174 HP
307 Cluster Platform 4000 BL465c, Opteron DC 2.6GHz, Infiniband 1292 N/A 5173 6718 HP
308 Cluster Platform 4000 BL465c, Opteron DC 2.6GHz, Infiniband 1292 N/A 5173 6718 HP
310 Cluster Platform 4000 DL145 Opteron Dual Core 2.6 GHz Infiniband 1360 N/A 5090 7072 HP
327 BladeCenter LS21, Opteron Dual Core 2.6 GHz, Infiniband 1140 N/A 5005 5928 IBM
328 Lenngren
PowerEdge 1850, 3.4 GHz, Infiniband		 886 3546 4999 6025 Dell
343 Cluster Platform 4000 BL465c Opteron Dual Core 2.6 GHz Infiniband 1232 N/A 4932 6406 HP
344 Cluster Platform 4000 BL465c Opteron Dual Core 2.6 GHz Infiniband 1232 N/A 4932 6406 HP
345 Cluster Platform 4000 BL465c Opteron Dual Core 2.6 GHz Infiniband 1232 N/A 4932 6406 HP
359 Cluster Platform 4000 BL685c, Opteron DC 2.4GHz, Infiniband 1312 N/A 4849 6298 HP
360 BladeCenter HS21 Cluster, Xeon dual core 3.0 GHz, Infiniband 512 N/A 4830.5 6144 IBM
361 Intel Cluster, Xeon 2.66 GHz quad core, Infiniband 576 1152 4828 6144 Intel
362 Cluster Platform 3000 BL460c, Xeon 51xx 2.66GHz, Infiniband 696 N/A 4826 7424 HP
371 Cluster Platform 3000 BL460c, Xeon 51xx 3.0GHz, Infiniband 612 N/A 4774 7344 HP
374 Coyote B
Opteron 2.6 GHz, Infiniband		 1080 4320 4720.65 5616 LNXI
396 xSeries x3455 Cluster Opteron, 2.6 GHz, Infiniband 1184 N/A 4673.38 6156.8 IBM
413 BladeCenter HS21 Cluster, Xeon dual core 2.66 GHz, Infiniband 1024 N/A 4554 10924 IBM
414 Fire x8400 2.6 Ghz Opteron, Infiniband 1088 4480 4554 5658 Sun
415 SSC/HPC - x8400
Fire x8400 2.6 Ghz Opteron, Infiniband		 1088 4480 4554 5658 Sun
418 Sun Fire x2200 M2 Cluster, Opteron 2.6 Ghz, Infiniband, Linux 1100 2200 4512 5720 NEC/Sun
419 Sun Fire x2200 M2 Cluster, Opteron 2.6 Ghz, Infiniband, Linux 1088 4352 4512 5657 Sun
423 Corvus
SGI Altix XE 1300 Cluster Solutions, 2.66GHZ, Infiniband		 544 1100 4468 5803.4 SGI
429 SSC_x2200M2
Sun Fire x2200 M2 Cluster, Opteron 2.6 Ghz, Infiniband, Linux		 1024 16384 4442 5324.8 Sun
431 Cluster Platform 4000 BL465c Opteron Dual Core 2.6 GHz Infiniband 1104 N/A 4420 5740 HP
440 CU-G
eServer x3755 Opteron dual core 2.2 GHz Infiniband		 1152 N/A 4379 5069 IBM
441 CU-L
eServer x3755 Opteron dual core 2.2 GHz Infiniband		 1152 N/A 4379 5069 IBM
442 CU-E
eServer x3755 Opteron dual core 2.2 GHz Infiniband		 1152 N/A 4379 5069 IBM
443 CU-J
eServer x3755 Opteron dual core 2.2 GHz Infiniband		 1152 N/A 4379 5069 IBM
444 CU-C
eServer x3755 Opteron dual core 2.2 GHz Infiniband		 1152 N/A 4379 5069 IBM
445 CU-O
eServer x3755 Opteron dual core 2.2 GHz Infiniband		 1152 N/A 4379 5069 IBM
446 CU-I
eServer x3755 Opteron dual core 2.2 GHz Infiniband		 1152 N/A 4379 5069 IBM
447 CU-A
eServer x3755 Opteron dual core 2.2 GHz Infiniband		 1152 N/A 4379 5069 IBM
448 CU-M
eServer x3755 Opteron dual core 2.2 GHz Infiniband		 1152 N/A 4379 5069 IBM
449 CU-F
eServer x3755 Opteron dual core 2.2 GHz Infiniband		 1152 N/A 4379 5069 IBM
450 CU-K
eServer x3755 Opteron dual core 2.2 GHz Infiniband		 1152 N/A 4379 5069 IBM
451 CU-D
eServer x3755 Opteron dual core 2.2 GHz Infiniband		 1152 N/A 4379 5069 IBM
452 CU-P
eServer x3755 Opteron dual core 2.2 GHz Infiniband		 1152 N/A 4379 5069 IBM
453 CU-H
eServer x3755 Opteron dual core 2.2 GHz Infiniband		 1152 N/A 4379 5069 IBM
454 CU-B
eServer x3755 Opteron dual core 2.2 GHz Infiniband		 1152 N/A 4379 5069 IBM
455 CU-N
eServer x3755 Opteron dual core 2.2 GHz Infiniband		 1152 N/A 4379 5069 IBM
457 Cluster Platform 3000 BL460c, Xeon 51xx 3.0GHz, Infiniband 560 N/A 4368 6720 HP
469 Sun Fire x2200 M2/X4600 M2 Cluster, Opteron 2.2 Ghz, Infiniband 1248 N/A 4222 5491 Sun
470 eServer 326 Cluster, Opteron Dual Core 2.4 GHz, Infiniband 1712 N/A 4215.8 8217.6 IBM
471 eServer 326 Cluster, Opteron Dual Core 2.4 GHz, Infiniband 1712 N/A 4215.8 8217.6 IBM
472 eServer 326 Cluster, Opteron Dual Core 2.4 GHz, Infiniband 1712 N/A 4215.8 8217.6 IBM
473 Cluster Platform 3000 BL460c, Xeon 51xx 3.0GHz, Infiniband 540 N/A 4212 6480 HP
478 Cluster Platform 3000 BL460c, Xeon 51xx 3.0GHz, Infiniband 528 N/A 4181.8 6336 HP