The ‘Best-of-the-Best’ Supercomputers Leverage AMD Opteron Processors
- 25 June, 2009 13:20
— AMD Opteron™ processors are in more of the 20 highest-performing
supercomputers on the Top500 Supercomputer Sites list than any other processor
—
Hamburg, Germany - June 25, 2009 - At the
International Supercomputing Conference, AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced that
AMD Opteron™ processors continue to power many of the highest-performing
supercomputers in the world, including the top two overall.
AMD Opteron processor highlights from the latest Top500 Supercomputer Sites
list include:
• For the third straight time, the AMD Opteron processor helps power the
number one “Roadrunner” supercomputer;
• The Cray “Jaguar” supercomputer based on Quad-Core AMD Opteron
processors at Oak Ridge National Labs is number two;
• AMD is utilized in nine of the top 20 supercomputers, more than any
other processor provider;
• Four of the top 10 supercomputers use AMD Opteron processors;
• The AMD Opteron processor powers 20 Cray supercomputers, including six
in the top 25;
• The recently launched Six-Core AMD Opteron processor (formerly code-named
“Istanbul”) has already appeared in two Cray XT5 supercomputers;
• The top two academic research supercomputers are based on Quad-Core
AMD Opteron processors – “Kraken” at the University of Tennessee
is number six and “Ranger” at the Texas Advanced Computing Center
(TACC) is number eight.
The semi-annual Top500 Supercomputer Sites list determines its rankings based
on the LINPACK benchmark. Recently, Advanced Clustering Technologies published
LINPACK scores based on the Six-Core AMD Opteron processor which demonstrate
a remarkable cost-per-GFLOP of $35.211
Supporting Resources
• Photos of NICS Supercomputer
• Latest AMD Opteron Processor Benchmarks
• @Work Blog Post from John Fruehe
• Video from Cray discussing the benefits of “Istanbul”
About AMD
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to collaborating with customers and technology partners to ignite the next generation
of computing and graphics solutions at work, home and play. For more information,
visit http://www.amd.com
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1. Based on peak performance of 99.38 GFLOPS divided by node cost of $3,500
as reported on http://www.advancedclustering.com/company-blog/high-performance-linpack-on-xeon-5500-v-opteron-2400.html
as of June 16, 2009. Configuration: Six-Core AMD Opteron processor Model 2435
(2.6GHz), Supermicro H8DMT-IBX, 16GB DDR2-800, 250GB SATA II @ 7200 RPM w/16MB
cache.
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