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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.
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