TOP500 List - November 1998 (1-100)

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

Rank	Site	Computer	Cores	Year	R_max	R_peak
1	Sandia National Laboratories United States	ASCI Red Intel	9152	1997	1338	1830.4
2	Government United States	T3E1200 Cray Inc.	1084	1998	891	1300.8
3	Government United States	T3E900 Cray Inc.	1324	1997	815	1191.6
4	Los Alamos National Laboratory United States	ASCI Blue Mountain SGI	6144	1998	690.9	3072
5	United Kingdom Meteorological Office United Kingdom	T3E900 Cray Inc.	876	1997	552	788.4
6	IBM United States	ASCI Blue-Pacific CTR, IBM SP 604e IBM	1952	1998	547	1296.1
7	CSAR at the University of Manchester United Kingdom	T3E1200 Cray Inc.	612	1998	509	734.4
8	Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory United States	ASCI Blue-Pacific CTR, IBM SP 604e IBM	1344	1998	468.2	892.4
9	Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVOCEANO) United States	T3E900 Cray Inc.	700	1997	449	630
10	NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center United States	T3E Cray Inc.	1084	1998	448.6	650.4
11	Cray Inc. United States	T3E1200 Cray Inc.	540	1998	447	648
12	NERSC/LBNL United States	T3E900 Cray Inc.	692	1997	444	622.8
13	Deutscher Wetterdienst Germany	T3E1200 Cray Inc.	484	1998	401	580.8
14	Center for Computational Science, University of Tsukuba Japan	CP-PACS/2048 Hitachi/Tsukuba	2048	1996	368.2	614.4
15	Max-Planck-Gesellschaft MPI/IPP Germany	T3E Cray Inc.	812	1997	355	487.2
16	HWW/Universitaet Stuttgart Germany	T3E900 Cray Inc.	540	1996	341	486
17	Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center United States	T3E900 Cray Inc.	540	1998	341	486
18	Atmospheric Environment Service (AES) Canada	SX-4/128M4 NEC	128	1998	244	256
19	Tohoku University Japan	SX-4/128H4 NEC	128	1997	244	256
20	Cray Inc. United States	T3E Cray Inc.	540	1997	234	324
21	Forschungszentrum Juelich (FZJ) Germany	T3E Cray Inc.	540	1996	234	324
22	University of Tokyo Japan	SR2201/1024 Hitachi	1024	1996	232.4	307.2
23	National Aerospace Laboratory of Japan Japan	Numerical Wind Tunnel Fujitsu	167	1996	229	281.26
24	Government United States	T3E1200 Cray Inc.	268	1998	221.77	321.6
25	US Army HPC Research Center at NCS United States	T3E1200 Cray Inc.	268	1997	221.77	321.6
26	University of Edinburgh United Kingdom	T3E900 Cray Inc.	348	1997	218	313.2
27	ECMWF United Kingdom	VPP700/116 Fujitsu	116	1997	213	255.2
28	ERDC MSRC United States	T3E900 Cray Inc.	332	1997	208	298.8
29	Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory United States	ASCI Blue-Pacific TR, IBM SP 604e IBM	672	1998	198.6	446.2
30	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory United States	SP P2SC 120/135 MHz IBM	512	1998	180.906	248.32
31	Forschungszentrum Juelich (FZJ) Germany	T3E900 Cray Inc.	268	1997	169	241.2
32	Network Computing Services, Inc. United States	T3E900 Cray Inc.	268	1997	169	241.2
33	Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique (CEA) France	T3E750 Cray Inc.	300	1997	157	225
34	IBM United States	SP PC604e 332 MHz IBM	512	1998	156.8	339.9
35	NCSA United States	ORIGIN 2000 SGI	512	1998	152	199.68
36	Sandia National Laboratories United States	XP/S140 Intel	3680	1993	143.4	184
37	ZIB/Konrad Zuse-Zentrum fuer Informationstechnik Germany	T3E900 Cray Inc.	228	1997	143	205.2
38	CINECA Italy	T3E1200 Cray Inc.	172	1998	142.36	206.4
39	Oak Ridge National Laboratory United States	XP/S-MP 150 Intel	3072	1995	127.1	154
40	Sun United States	HPC 10000 333 MHz Cluster Sun Microsystems	256	1998	123.9	170.4
41	CSC (Center for Scientific Computing) Finland	T3E750 Cray Inc.	236	1997	123	177
42	National Institute for Fusion Science Japan	SX-4/64M2 NEC	64	1997	122	128
43	Osaka University Japan	SX-4/64M2 NEC	64	1997	122	128
44	CNRS/IDRIS France	T3E Cray Inc.	268	1996	117	160.8
45	Government United States	T3E Cray Inc.	268	1997	117	160.8
46	UCSD/San Diego Supercomputer Center United States	T3E Cray Inc.	268	1996	117	160.8
47	Government United States	T3E750 Cray Inc.	220	1997	115	165
48	Kyushu University Japan	VPP700/56 Fujitsu	56	1996	110	123.2
49	National Lab. for High Energy Physics Japan	VPP500/80 Fujitsu	80	1994	109	128
50	Maui High-Performance Computing Center (MHPCC) United States	SP P2SC 160 MHz IBM	243	1998	106.1	155.52
51	Leibniz Rechenzentrum Germany	VPP700/52 Fujitsu	52	1998	106	114.4
52	Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute Japan	XP/S-MP 125 Intel	2502	1996	103.5	125.1
53	Government Agency United States	T3E Cray Inc.	236	1997	103	141.6
54	NASA/Ames Research Center/NAS United States	ORIGIN 2000 250 MHz SGI	256	1998	101.4	128
55	NCSA United States	ORIGIN 2000 250 MHz SGI	256	1998	101.4	128
56	Silicon Graphics United States	ORIGIN 2000 250 MHz SGI	256	1998	101.4	128
57	Government United States	T3D MC1024-8 Cray Inc.	1024	1994	100.5	153.6
58	National Supercomputer Centre (NSC) Sweden	T3E Cray Inc.	228	1997	99.7	136.8
59	ECMWF United Kingdom	VPP700/48E Fujitsu	48	1998	97.5	115.2
60	ERDC MSRC United States	SP P2SC 135 MHz IBM	256	1997	94.19	138.24
61	Wright-Patterson Air Force Base/DoD ASC United States	SP P2SC 135 MHz IBM	256	1997	94.19	138.24
62	Government United States	T3E750 Cray Inc.	172	1997	89.8	129
63	KISTI Supercomputing Center Korea, South	T3E900 Cray Inc.	132	1997	82.1	118.8
64	State Farm United States	SP P2SC 160 MHz IBM	186	1998	81.89	119
65	Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique (CEA) France	T3E Cray Inc.	188	1997	81.3	112.8
66	BASF Germany	SP PC604e 332 MHz IBM	256	1998	79.17	169.98
67	IBM United States	SP PC604e 332 MHz IBM	256	1998	79.17	169.98
68	University of Minnesota/Supercomputing Institute United States	SP PC604e 332 MHz IBM	256	1998	79.17	169.98
69	State Farm United States	SP P2SC 120 MHz IBM	242	1998	78.9	116.16
70	NRI for Earth Science and Disaster (NIED) Japan	T3E Cray Inc.	172	1997	74.5	103.2
71	Chip Manufacturer (B) United States	SP2/402 IBM	402	1997	69.33	106.93
72	KTH - Royal Institute of Technology Sweden	SP P2SC 160 MHz IBM	146	1998	64.8	93.44
73	Government United States	T3E Cray Inc.	148	1997	64.2	88.8
74	University of Alaska - ARSC United States	T3E900 Cray Inc.	100	1997	62.9	90
75	Bureau of Meteorology / CSIRO HPCCC Australia	SX-4/32 NEC	32	1997	61.7	64
76	HWW/Universitaet Stuttgart Germany	SX-4/32 NEC	32	1996	61.7	64
77	NEC Fuchu Plant Japan	SX-4/32 NEC	32	1995	61.7	64
78	National Institute for Environmental Studies Japan	SX-4/32 NEC	32	1997	61.7	64
79	Charles Schwab United States	SP PC604e 332 MHz IBM	192	1998	59.92	127.48
80	Los Alamos National Laboratory United States	CM-5/1056 Thinking Machines Corporation	1056	1993	59.7	135.17
81	Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute Japan	VPP500/42 Fujitsu	42	1994	59.6	67.2
82	Nagoya University Japan	VPP500/42 Fujitsu	42	1995	59.6	67.2
83	Hitachi Mechanical Engineering Res. Lab. Japan	SR2201/256 Hitachi	256	1998	58.68	76.8
84	Real World Computing (RWCP) Japan	SR2201/256 Hitachi	256	1997	58.68	76.8
85	University of Cambridge United Kingdom	SR2201/256 Hitachi	256	1998	58.68	76.8
86	University of Tokyo/Human Genome Center, IMS Japan	SR2201/256 Hitachi	256	1998	58.68	76.8
87	Japan Adv. Inst. of Science and Technology (JAIST) Japan	T3E Cray Inc.	134	1997	58.2	80.4
88	Meteo-France France	VPP700/26E Fujitsu	26	1997	58	62.4
89	TELUS Communications Inc. Canada	SP PC604e 332 MHz IBM	184	1998	57.51	122.17
90	Ohio Supercomputer Center United States	T3E Cray Inc.	132	1997	57.4	79.2
91	Oracle/IBM France	SP P2SC 160 MHz IBM	128	1998	57.24	81.92
92	UCSD/San Diego Supercomputer Center United States	SP P2SC 160 MHz IBM	128	1997	57.24	81.92
93	National Institute of Genetics Japan	VPP500/40 Fujitsu	40	1995	56.9	64
94	University of Tokyo/Institute for Solid State Physics Japan	VPP500/40 Fujitsu	40	1994	56.9	64
95	ERDC MSRC United States	SP P2SC 160 MHz IBM	126	1998	56.37	80.64
96	The Scripps Research Institute United States	T3E900 Cray Inc.	86	1997	54.6	77.4
97	Sandia National Laboratories United States	CPlant Cluster Self-made	150	1998	54.24	150
98	Cornell Theory Center United States	SP P2SC 120 MHz IBM	160	1997	52.96	76.8
99	Argonne National Laboratory United States	ONYX2 250 MHz SGI	128	1998	51.44	64
100	Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) United Kingdom	ORIGIN 2000 250 MHz SGI	128	1998	51.44	64

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TOP500 List - November 1998 (1-100)