TOP500 List - November 1998 (1-100)

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

RankSiteComputerCoresYearRmaxRpeak
1Sandia National Laboratories
United States
ASCI Red
Intel
9152199713381830.4
2Government
United States
T3E1200
Cray Inc.
108419988911300.8
3Government
United States
T3E900
Cray Inc.
132419978151191.6
4Los Alamos National Laboratory
United States
ASCI Blue Mountain
SGI
61441998690.93072
5United Kingdom Meteorological Office
United Kingdom
T3E900
Cray Inc.
8761997552788.4
6IBM
United States
ASCI Blue-Pacific CTR, IBM SP 604e
IBM
195219985471296.1
7CSAR at the University of Manchester
United Kingdom
T3E1200
Cray Inc.
6121998509734.4
8Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
United States
ASCI Blue-Pacific CTR, IBM SP 604e
IBM
13441998468.2892.4
9Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVOCEANO)
United States
T3E900
Cray Inc.
7001997449630
10NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
United States
T3E
Cray Inc.
10841998448.6650.4
11Cray Inc.
United States
T3E1200
Cray Inc.
5401998447648
12NERSC/LBNL
United States
T3E900
Cray Inc.
6921997444622.8
13Deutscher Wetterdienst
Germany
T3E1200
Cray Inc.
4841998401580.8
14Center for Computational Science, University of Tsukuba
Japan
CP-PACS/2048
Hitachi/Tsukuba
20481996368.2614.4
15Max-Planck-Gesellschaft MPI/IPP
Germany
T3E
Cray Inc.
8121997355487.2
16HWW/Universitaet Stuttgart
Germany
T3E900
Cray Inc.
5401996341486
17Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center
United States
T3E900
Cray Inc.
5401998341486
18Atmospheric Environment Service (AES)
Canada
SX-4/128M4
NEC
1281998244256
19Tohoku University
Japan
SX-4/128H4
NEC
1281997244256
20Cray Inc.
United States
T3E
Cray Inc.
5401997234324
21Forschungszentrum Juelich (FZJ)
Germany
T3E
Cray Inc.
5401996234324
22University of Tokyo
Japan
SR2201/1024
Hitachi
10241996232.4307.2
23National Aerospace Laboratory of Japan
Japan
Numerical Wind Tunnel
Fujitsu
1671996229281.26
24Government
United States
T3E1200
Cray Inc.
2681998221.77321.6
25US Army HPC Research Center at NCS
United States
T3E1200
Cray Inc.
2681997221.77321.6
26University of Edinburgh
United Kingdom
T3E900
Cray Inc.
3481997218313.2
27ECMWF
United Kingdom
VPP700/116
Fujitsu
1161997213255.2
28ERDC MSRC
United States
T3E900
Cray Inc.
3321997208298.8
29Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
United States
ASCI Blue-Pacific TR, IBM SP 604e
IBM
6721998198.6446.2
30Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
United States
SP P2SC 120/135 MHz
IBM
5121998180.906248.32
31Forschungszentrum Juelich (FZJ)
Germany
T3E900
Cray Inc.
2681997169241.2
32Network Computing Services, Inc.
United States
T3E900
Cray Inc.
2681997169241.2
33Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique (CEA)
France
T3E750
Cray Inc.
3001997157225
34IBM
United States
SP PC604e 332 MHz
IBM
5121998156.8339.9
35NCSA
United States
ORIGIN 2000
SGI
5121998152199.68
36Sandia National Laboratories
United States
XP/S140
Intel
36801993143.4184
37ZIB/Konrad Zuse-Zentrum fuer Informationstechnik
Germany
T3E900
Cray Inc.
2281997143205.2
38CINECA
Italy
T3E1200
Cray Inc.
1721998142.36206.4
39Oak Ridge National Laboratory
United States
XP/S-MP 150
Intel
30721995127.1154
40Sun
United States
HPC 10000 333 MHz Cluster
Sun Microsystems
2561998123.9170.4
41CSC (Center for Scientific Computing)
Finland
T3E750
Cray Inc.
2361997123177
42National Institute for Fusion Science
Japan
SX-4/64M2
NEC
641997122128
43Osaka University
Japan
SX-4/64M2
NEC
641997122128
44CNRS/IDRIS
France
T3E
Cray Inc.
2681996117160.8
45Government
United States
T3E
Cray Inc.
2681997117160.8
46UCSD/San Diego Supercomputer Center
United States
T3E
Cray Inc.
2681996117160.8
47Government
United States
T3E750
Cray Inc.
2201997115165
48Kyushu University
Japan
VPP700/56
Fujitsu
561996110123.2
49National Lab. for High Energy Physics
Japan
VPP500/80
Fujitsu
801994109128
50Maui High-Performance Computing Center (MHPCC)
United States
SP P2SC 160 MHz
IBM
2431998106.1155.52
51Leibniz Rechenzentrum
Germany
VPP700/52
Fujitsu
521998106114.4
52Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute
Japan
XP/S-MP 125
Intel
25021996103.5125.1
53Government Agency
United States
T3E
Cray Inc.
2361997103141.6
54NASA/Ames Research Center/NAS
United States
ORIGIN 2000 250 MHz
SGI
2561998101.4128
55NCSA
United States
ORIGIN 2000 250 MHz
SGI
2561998101.4128
56Silicon Graphics
United States
ORIGIN 2000 250 MHz
SGI
2561998101.4128
57Government
United States
T3D MC1024-8
Cray Inc.
10241994100.5153.6
58National Supercomputer Centre (NSC)
Sweden
T3E
Cray Inc.
228199799.7136.8
59ECMWF
United Kingdom
VPP700/48E
Fujitsu
48199897.5115.2
60ERDC MSRC
United States
SP P2SC 135 MHz
IBM
256199794.19138.24
61Wright-Patterson Air Force Base/DoD ASC
United States
SP P2SC 135 MHz
IBM
256199794.19138.24
62Government
United States
T3E750
Cray Inc.
172199789.8129
63KISTI Supercomputing Center
Korea, South
T3E900
Cray Inc.
132199782.1118.8
64State Farm
United States
SP P2SC 160 MHz
IBM
186199881.89119
65Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique (CEA)
France
T3E
Cray Inc.
188199781.3112.8
66BASF
Germany
SP PC604e 332 MHz
IBM
256199879.17169.98
67IBM
United States
SP PC604e 332 MHz
IBM
256199879.17169.98
68University of Minnesota/Supercomputing Institute
United States
SP PC604e 332 MHz
IBM
256199879.17169.98
69State Farm
United States
SP P2SC 120 MHz
IBM
242199878.9116.16
70NRI for Earth Science and Disaster (NIED)
Japan
T3E
Cray Inc.
172199774.5103.2
71Chip Manufacturer (B)
United States
SP2/402
IBM
402199769.33106.93
72KTH - Royal Institute of Technology
Sweden
SP P2SC 160 MHz
IBM
146199864.893.44
73Government
United States
T3E
Cray Inc.
148199764.288.8
74University of Alaska - ARSC
United States
T3E900
Cray Inc.
100199762.990
75Bureau of Meteorology / CSIRO HPCCC
Australia
SX-4/32
NEC
32199761.764
76HWW/Universitaet Stuttgart
Germany
SX-4/32
NEC
32199661.764
77NEC Fuchu Plant
Japan
SX-4/32
NEC
32199561.764
78National Institute for Environmental Studies
Japan
SX-4/32
NEC
32199761.764
79Charles Schwab
United States
SP PC604e 332 MHz
IBM
192199859.92127.48
80Los Alamos National Laboratory
United States
CM-5/1056
Thinking Machines Corporation
1056199359.7135.17
81Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute
Japan
VPP500/42
Fujitsu
42199459.667.2
82Nagoya University
Japan
VPP500/42
Fujitsu
42199559.667.2
83Hitachi Mechanical Engineering Res. Lab.
Japan
SR2201/256
Hitachi
256199858.6876.8
84Real World Computing (RWCP)
Japan
SR2201/256
Hitachi
256199758.6876.8
85University of Cambridge
United Kingdom
SR2201/256
Hitachi
256199858.6876.8
86University of Tokyo/Human Genome Center, IMS
Japan
SR2201/256
Hitachi
256199858.6876.8
87Japan Adv. Inst. of Science and Technology (JAIST)
Japan
T3E
Cray Inc.
134199758.280.4
88Meteo-France
France
VPP700/26E
Fujitsu
2619975862.4
89TELUS Communications Inc.
Canada
SP PC604e 332 MHz
IBM
184199857.51122.17
90Ohio Supercomputer Center
United States
T3E
Cray Inc.
132199757.479.2
91Oracle/IBM
France
SP P2SC 160 MHz
IBM
128199857.2481.92
92UCSD/San Diego Supercomputer Center
United States
SP P2SC 160 MHz
IBM
128199757.2481.92
93National Institute of Genetics
Japan
VPP500/40
Fujitsu
40199556.964
94University of Tokyo/Institute for Solid State Physics
Japan
VPP500/40
Fujitsu
40199456.964
95ERDC MSRC
United States
SP P2SC 160 MHz
IBM
126199856.3780.64
96The Scripps Research Institute
United States
T3E900
Cray Inc.
86199754.677.4
97Sandia National Laboratories
United States
CPlant Cluster
Self-made
150199854.24150
98Cornell Theory Center
United States
SP P2SC 120 MHz
IBM
160199752.9676.8
99Argonne National Laboratory
United States
ONYX2 250 MHz
SGI
128199851.4464
100Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC)
United Kingdom
ORIGIN 2000 250 MHz
SGI
128199851.4464