SioPao Posted November 18, 2003 Share Posted November 18, 2003 Source: Virginia Tech Virginia Tech is an official giant in the supercomputing world. Participants at the SuperComputing 2003 conference (SC2003), held in Phoenix, Ariz., heard Sunday that Virginia Tech's X, is ranked number three in the world and the fastest university supercomputer. X, named by its developers for its design goal of 10 teraflops, ranks below Japan's Earth Simulator and ASCI Q, the Los Alamos National Laboratory's dedicated weapons computer. Jack Dongarra of the University of Tennessee, who also holds an appointment at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, compiled the listing, made available on a web site, on Nov. 5. But the official announcement was made on Nov. 16 at the conference. In terms of the speed of Virginia Tech's supercomputer, it can theoretically handle a potential 17 teraflops, or 17 trillion operations per second. The recorded 10.28 teraflops is "truly amazing" when one considers the machine was essentially put together in two months of construction time, says Jason Lockhart, one of the members of Virginia Tech's project team. Dongarra, interviewed earlier by the Richmond Times Dispatch, said the "notable aspect" of Virginia Tech's supercomputer "is the $5.2 million price for all that computing power." ------------- The Top500 List for your viewing pleasure :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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