TOP500 List Highlights - November 2000

All changes are from June 2000 to November 2000:

Highlights from the Top 10:

• ASCI White is new #1 with 4.9 TF/s on the Linpack
• DOE ASCI systems hold the first 4 positions
• 7 systems have Linpack performance above 1 TFlop/s
• 18 systems have peak performance above 1 TFlop/s including one commercial system (#15 at Charles Schwab)
• 0.89 Tflop/s is the entry point for the Top 10

General highlights from the Top 500:

• 231 systems dropped off the TOP500 since last June This is the second highest replacement rate ever.
• Total accumulated performance is 88.1 TFlop/s compared to 64.2 TFlop/s 6 months ago
• Entry level is now 55.1 GF/s compared to 43.8 GF/s 6 months ago
• The entry point for the top100 moved to 181 GF/s.

Changes since June 2000:

• Pure SMP's decrease strongly to 17 from 121 6 months ago
• 112 systems are clusters of SMPs
• 28 network of workstations are on the list compared to 11 6 months ago
• The US keeps it's prime position as supercomputer user but it's share decreases slowly (241 systems)
• The number of systems installed in Europe increases to 177.
• The US continues to dominate production unchanged and unchallenged (445 systems).
• The number of systems used in industry decreased slightly to 245 from 261 .
• The number of systems used in research stayed stable at 119 (from 115).
• The number of systems used in academic increased slightly to 86 from 71.
• IBM is dominating the TOP500. It is leading the list with respect to the number of systems installed and the installed performance with a share of 43% compared to 28.8% 6 months ago.
• Sun is second in the number of systems with 92 (18.4%) and 10.8% of installed performance.
• With respect to installed performance Cray Inc. captured the second position with 15.7% of performance. ( fourth in systems 9.4% (47))
• SGI is third with respect to systems with 67 systems (13.4%) (fourth in performance 9.2%)
• Average system sizes in processor numbers by manufacturer are:
  • Cray 470
  • SGI 315
  • IBM 277
  • Sun 179

• Average system size in processor numbers by country installed:
  • US 392
  • Japan 158
  • Europe 187

Total: 280 processor/system worldwide average (and 176 GF/s per system worlwide average)

• Smallest number of processor to make the TOP500 is 8.
• All vector based systems are of Japanese origin.