AMD rüstet mehr Rechner in den Top 20 der Supercomputer aus als jeder andere Prozessorhersteller
Hamburg, 23. Juni 2009 - AMD Opteron Prozessoren liefern weiterhin die Rechenleistung für zahlreiche der schnellsten Supercomputer - darunter die beiden momentan schnellsten Rechner der Welt. Dies wurde heute bei der Vorstellung der Top500 Liste auf der Internationalen Supercomputing Conference in Hamburg bekannt.
Zu den AMD-Opteron Highlights auf der Liste zählt dieses Mal:
- Zum dritten Mal hintereinander liegt der von AMD Opteron Prozessoren angetriebene „Roadrunner“ Supercomputer an der Spitze der Liste
- Der Cray „Jaguar“ Supercomputer, der auf Quad-Core Opteron Prozessoren basiert und am Oak Ridge National Lab in Tennessee installiert ist, liegt auf Position zwei
- AMD-Prozessoren kommen in 9 der 20 schnellsten Rechner zum Einsatz. AMD rüstet damit mehr Rechner in den Top20 aus als jeder andere Prozessorhersteller
- 4 der 10 schnellsten Rechner basieren auf AMD Opteron Prozessoren
- 20 Cray Supercomputer basieren auf AMD Opteron Prozessoren, 6 von ihnen sind in den Top 25 platziert.
Die komplette Pressemitteilung finden Sie im Anhang in englischer Sprache.
The ‘Best-of-the-Best’ Supercomputers Leverage AMD Opteron™ Processors
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 23, 2009 — At the International Supercomputing Conference, AMD <http://www.amd.com/> (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 <http://www.top500.org/> include:
· For the third straight time, the AMD Opteron processor helps power the number one “Roadrunner” supercomputer <http://www.lanl.gov/roadrunner/> ;
· The Cray “Jaguar” supercomputer based on Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors <http://www.amd.com/us/products/server/opteron/Pages/opteron-for-server.aspx> at Oak Ridge National Labs is number two <http://www.nccs.gov/jaguar/> ;
· 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 <http://www.cray.com/Home.aspx> supercomputers, including six in the top 25;
· The recently launched Six-Core AMD Opteron processor <http://www.amd.com/us/products/server/six-core-opteron/Pages/six-core-opteron.aspx> (formerly code-named “Istanbul”) has already appeared in two Cray XT5 supercomputers <http://www.cray.com/products/XT5.aspx> ;
· The top two academic research supercomputers are based on Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors – “Kraken” at the University of Tennessee <http://www.oakridger.com/homepage/x1959835750/Monstrous-Kraken-supercomputer-up-and-running-at-ORNL> is number six and “Ranger” at the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) <http://www.tacc.utexas.edu/resources/hpcsystems/> is number eight.
The semi-annual Top500 Supercomputer Sites list determines its rankings based on the LINPACK benchmark <http://www.top500.org/project/linpack> . Recently, Advanced Clustering Technologies <http://www.advancedclustering.com/> published LINPACK scores based on the Six-Core AMD Opteron processor which demonstrate a remarkable cost-per-GFLOP of $35.21 <http://www.advancedclustering.com/company-blog/high-performance-linpack-on-xeon-5500-v-opteron-2400.html> .
Supporting Resources
· Photos <http://www.flickr.com/photos/amd_unprocessed/> of NICS Supercomputer
· Latest AMD Opteron Processor Benchmarks <http://www.amd.com/us/products/server/opteron/Pages/server-benchmarks.aspx>
· @Work Blog Post <http://links.amd.com/Blocks> from John Fruehe
· Video <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xO4GQ6Dnu-k&feature=channel_page> from Cray discussing the benefits of “Istanbul”
About AMD
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http://www.amd.com <http://www.amd.com> .