For a record-setting ninth consecutive time, an IBM took the top spot in the ranking of the world's most powerful supercomputers. The IBM computer built for the "roadrunner project" at Los Alamos National Lab remains the world speed champion. It is the first in the world to operate at speeds faster than one quadrillion calculations per second (petaflop and uses roughly half the electricity as the second place machine.
IBM also had more systems in the TOP50 (21) and the TOP100 (33) than any other systems maker. The ranking is released twice a year by the World's TOP500 Supercomputer Sites. The organization also found the top 20 most energy efficient supercomputers were IBM systems.
"It's an honor to hold the record for the world's most powerful computer, but what is critical is building supercomputers that help advance the global economy and society at large," said David Turek, VP of Deep Computing at IBM.
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IBM Burns Through Record Book With 9th Straight No.1 Showing Atop World Supercomputer List (press release)