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IDC Reports Latest Supercomputer Rankings Based On the IDC Balanced Rating Test.


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Department of Defense Plans To Fund

Applications-based Performance Modeling Tool

IDC today reported the newest rankings of supercomputer supercomputer, a state-of-the-art, extremely powerful computer capable of manipulating massive amounts of data in a relatively short time. Supercomputers are very expensive and are employed for specialized scientific and engineering applications that must handle very  performance based on its comprehensive standard test, called the IDC Balanced Rating. The test, developed with extensive input from the high-performance computing High-speed computing, which typically refers to supercomputers used in scientific research.  (HPC (Handheld PC) A palmtop computer that weighs less than one pound and runs specialized versions of popular applications. Microsoft coined the term for its Windows CE operating system, which is an abbreviated version of Windows. See Pocket PC. ) community, is important because industrial competitiveness and scientific progress depend on this most-powerful class of computers.

"Despite the strategic and economic importance of supercomputers and HPC systems, there have been no generally available databases or tools for analyzing and comparing these complex technologies along the multiple dimensions which highlight overall system performance," said Debra Goldfarb Goldfarb is German for golden color and is the surname of:
  • Alex Goldfarb (b. 1947), Israeli politician
  • Alexander Goldfarb, chairman of Boris Berezovsky's "International Foundation for Civil Liberties"
, IDC group vice president, Worldwide Systems and Servers. "User organizations need a source of common system specification data, and top-level top-lev·el
adj.
1. Of or relating to people of the highest office or rank.

2. Of or relating to the highest office or rank: a top-level job.
 tools for sorting through various aspects of the technologies to better understand and explain how different computer architectures match their requirements. The IDC Balanced Rating provides one such top-level analysis and ranking."

The latest rankings list 893 currently installed HPC systems in four market segments. "Our goal is to document as many of the world's installed HPC systems as possible, and make the data available for free to the entire HPC community," said Earl Joseph II, IDC Research Director, Worldwide Systems and Servers. The four market segments are:

1. Technical Capability Computers: Systems purchased to solve the

most demanding problems.

2. Technical Enterprise Computers: Capacity systems that sell for

$1 million or more.

3. Technical Divisional Computers: Capacity systems sold from

$250,000 to $999,000.

4. Technical Departmental Computers: Capacity systems sold for

less than $250,000.

The IDC Balanced Rating focuses on three broad performance areas:
-- Processor performance. SPECfp_rate_base2000, SPECint_rate_base2000 and
Linpack Rmax results are used. In the future, additional processor metrics will
be incorporated.

-- Memory system capability. Actual performance is dependent on how much data
can be moved into and out of the processors in a given time period. For the IDC
Balanced Rating, memory bandwidth and the system level STREAM TRIAD benchmarks
are used.

-- Scaling capability. Total processor count and total system memory and
interconnect bandwidth are used. In the future, latency and other metrics will
be integrated into the benchmark based on the availability of consistent data
on HPC computers.


The attached partial tables show the top 50 HPC systems in each market segment, based on data submitted to date by HPC vendors and users. A more detailed report and the full list of 893 computers are available without charge at: www.idc.com/hpc. The same website includes a new tool that allows site visitors to custom-rank the 893 listed HPC systems according to according to
prep.
1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians.

2. In keeping with: according to instructions.

3.
 their own computing computing - computer  priorities.

"Predicting the performance characteristics of a computer for your specific application codes is a very complex process and buyers often narrow the field of choices by first deciding on the basic computer architecture type, e.g., a single computer vs. a cluster cluster, in astronomy: see star cluster; galaxy.


(1) Two or more systems working together. See clustering.

(2) Also called an "allocation unit" or "file allocation unit," it is some number of disk sectors that are treated as a unit.
, large nodes vs. small nodes, RISC RISC
 in full Reduced Instruction Set Computing

Computer architecture that uses a limited number of instructions. RISC became popular in microprocessors in the 1980s.
 vs. vectors Vectors
Something used to transport genetic information to a cell.

Mentioned in: Gene Therapy
, etc. Any broad ranking list like this one is often more useful in the acquisition of lower priced computers since you can't afford to spent a million dollars to evaluate buying a $200,000 system," said Joseph.

"Data for some tests within the IDC Balanced Rating are readily available, such as the Linpack A package of FORTRAN programs for numerical linear algebra that is commonly used to create benchmark programs for testing a computer's floating point performance. See benchmark.

1. LINPACK - A package of linear algebra routines.
2.
 test that measures aspects of processor performance," said Joseph. "Some vendors have not yet run all the other tests that are important for assessing a system's overall capabilities, or don't don't  

1. Contraction of do not.

2. Nonstandard Contraction of does not.

n.
A statement of what should not be done: a list of the dos and don'ts.
 have results yet for all of their listed systems. The IDC Balanced Rating is a major step forward today and will become increasingly valuable over time, as the data picture is expanded and as the approach evolves."

Joseph said that draft results of the latest IDC Balanced Rating were circulated several times within the HPC User Forum, a group of leading U.S. high-performance computing users from government, industry and academia, and to others within the global HPC community. "Any new measurement scheme like this needs time to mature. For this second edition of the IDC Balanced Rating, as with the first edition, we made a concerted effort to involve a large number of reviewers and incorporate their constructive (mathematics) constructive - A proof that something exists is "constructive" if it provides a method for actually constructing it. Cantor's proof that the real numbers are uncountable can be thought of as a *non-constructive* proof that irrational numbers exist.  feedback. We invite suggestions at all times via email to hpc@idc.com. To quickly provide the community with updates to the list, based on the addition of new computers, adding missing data items, or the correction CORRECTION,punishment. Chastisement by one having authority of a person who has committed some offence, for the purpose of bringing him to legal subjection.
     2. It is chiefly exercised in a parental manner, by parents, or those who are placed in loco parentis.
 of errors, we will continually con·tin·u·al  
adj.
1. Recurring regularly or frequently: the continual need to pay the mortgage.

2.
 update the full database at the web site."

US Department of Defense and HPC User Forum Members Plan To Fund Applications-based Performance Modeling Tools

Goldfarb also announced that the DoD High Performance Computing Modernization modernization

Transformation of a society from a rural and agrarian condition to a secular, urban, and industrial one. It is closely linked with industrialization. As societies modernize, the individual becomes increasingly important, gradually replacing the family,
 Program (HPCMP HPCMP High Performance Computing Modernization Program (DoD)
HPCMP High-Performance Computer Monitoring Project
), along with the HPC User Forum, plans to fund a 12-month effort at approximately ap·prox·i·mate  
adj.
1. Almost exact or correct: the approximate time of the accident.

2.
 $250,000 to develop an integrated set of tools and methodologies for performance modeling and performance prediction In computer science, performance prediction means to estimate the execution time or other performance factors (such as cache misses) of a program on a given computer. It is being widely used for computer architects to evaluate new computer designs, for compiler writers to explore  of large applications on HPC systems. "We are very pleased that the HPC User Forum has established an environment that facilitates the creation of joint initiatives to investigate these important performance issues and provides a forum for the discussion of these issues," said Larry Davis Larry Davis can refer to several different people:
  • Rev. Larry Davis, an American minister convicted of misappropriation of funds
  • Larry Davis, a criminal
  • Larry Davis (blues musician)
  • Larry M.
 of the DoD HPCMP.

Davis said that Allan Allan can refer to:
  • Allan, Saskatchewan, Canada
  • Alan (Barbie doll) or Allan, Barbie's friend
  • Allan, a Clan Grant split (or sept)
  • Ahlawat or Allan, an ethnic clan in India
  • Allan, the Allaine's lower course, in France
  • Allan
 Snavely and Laura Carrington Carrington or Carington is a surname, and may refer to:
  • Albert Carrington
  • Debbie Lee Carrington
  • Desmond Carrington
  • Dora Carrington, British artist and friend of the Bloomsbury Group, known simply as "Carrington"; a 1995 film
 of the San Diego Supercomputer Center “SDSC” redirects here. For the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, see Satish Dhawan Space Centre.

The San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) is an organized research unit of the University of California, San Diego (UCSD).
 will lead the development effort. Data from this effort will be used to further strengthen and support the scientific underpinnings of the IDC Balanced Ratings, as well as the HPC User Forum-sponsored user benchmark A performance test of hardware and/or software. There are various programs that very accurately test the raw power of a single machine, the interaction in a single client/server system (one server/multiple clients) and the transactions per second in a transaction processing system.  tool that will allow each user to set his or her own weightings for various system attributes that can then be used to compared potential HPC systems for a given workload The term workload can refer to a number of different yet related entities. An amount of labor
While a precise definition of a workload is elusive, a commonly accepted definition is the hypothetical relationship between a group or individual human operator and task demands.
.

About IDC

IDC is the world's leading provider of information technology (IT) industry analysis, market data and insight, and strategic and tactical guidance to builders, providers and users of information technology. IDC provides global research with local content through more than 600 analysts in 43 countries worldwide. IDC is a division of IDG IDG International Data Group
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IDG Installation Design Guide
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IDG Inset Dielectric Guide
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, the world's leading IT media, research, and exposition exposition or exhibition, term frequently applied to an organized public fair or display of industrial and artistic productions, designed usually to promote trade and to reflect cultural progress.  company.

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IDC Balanced Rating: All Capability Computers
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Source: IDC, 2002
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                                       Number  Number 1 Computer
                                         of      of        or     IDC
Rank Vendor  Model                      CPUs    Nodes   Cluster Rating
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 1  NEC      Earth Simulator            5120     640       C  40478.22
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 2  IBM      ASCI White,SP Power3       8192     512       C   4867.41
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 3  HP       LANL AlphaServerSC45 P-2   4096   1,024       C   3920.67
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 4  HP       PSC AlphaServer SC45       3016     754       C   2914.15
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 5  HP       CEA DAM AlphaSvr SC45      2560     640       C   2485.04
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 6  SGI      ASCI Blue Mountain         6144      48       C   2369.20
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 7  IBM      SP Power3 375 MHz 16 way   3328     208       C   1946.19
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 8  IBM      eServer pSeries p690 Turbo  928      29       C   1683.80
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 9  NEC      SX-6/192M24                 192      24       C   1527.20
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10  HP       LANL AlphaServerSC45 P-1   1536     384       C   1515.87
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11  IBM      NERSC SP Power3 375 NH2    2528     158       C   1504.69
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12  IBM      eServer pSeries p690 Turbo  800      25       C   1451.55
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13  IBM      eServer pSeries p690 Turbo  768      24       C   1393.49
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14  IBM      eServer pSeries p690 Turbo  768      24       C   1393.49
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15  Fujitsu  VPP5000/100                 100     100       C   1377.96
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16  NEC      SX-5/128M8                  128       8       C   1344.98
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17  IBM      eServer pSeries p690 Turbo  704      22       C   1277.36
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18  Intel    ASCI Red                   9632   9,632       C   1248.72
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19  IBM      eServer pSeries p690        512      32       C   1042.18
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20  NEC      SX-6/128M16                 128      16       C   1018.14
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21  IBM      Power3 H 375 MHz           1920     120       C    961.60
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22  Cray     T3E-600                    1904       1       1    845.57
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23  SGI      Origin 3000 400 MHz        1408      12       C    821.29
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24  IBM      ASCI Blue-Pacific SST,604e 5808   1,464       C    816.58
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25  IBM      eServer pSeries p690 Turbo  448      14       C    812.87
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26  IBM      SP Power3 375 MHz 8 way    1152     144       C    774.80
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27  SGI      ORIGIN 2000 250            2048      16       C    773.34
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28  Fujitsu  VPP5000/56                   56      56       C    771.66
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29  SGI      Origin 3000 600 MHz        1024       1       1    771.63
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30  NEC      SX-6/96M12                   96      12       C    763.60
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31  IBM      SP Power3 375 MHz 16 way   1280      80       C    748.53
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32  IBM      SP Power3 375 MHz 16 way   1260      79       C    736.84
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33  HP       Sandia 1024 ASDS10LMyrinet 1024   1,024       C    734.01
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34  IBM      eServer pSeries p690 Turbo  400      13       C    725.78
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35  HP       JAERI AlphaServer SC40      908     227       C    708.35
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36  IBM      eServer pSeries p690 Turbo  384      12       C    696.74
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37  IBM      eServer pSeries p690 Turbo  384      12       C    696.74
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38  IBM      eServer pSeries p690 Turbo  384      12       C    696.74
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39  IBM      eServer pSeries p690 Turbo  384      12       C    696.74
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40  IBM      eServer pSeries p690 Turbo  384      12       C    696.74
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41  IBM      SP Power3 375 MHz          1336     334       C    694.16
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42  SGI      Origin 3000 500 MHz        1024       2       C    692.87
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43  NEC      SX-6/80M10                   80      10       C    636.33
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44  IBM      SP Power3 375 MHz 16 way   1088      68       C    636.25
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45  SGI      Origin 3800-400            1024       1       1    618.00
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46  IBM      eServer pSeries p690 Turbo  320      10       C    580.62
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47  IBM      SP Power3 375 MHz          1104     276       C    573.62
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48  IBM      SP Power3 375 MHz          1104     276       C    573.62
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49  Cray     T3E-900                    1324       1       1    565.54
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50  SGI      Origin 3000 500 MHz         768       2       C    525.72
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IDC Balanced Rating: All Enterprise Computers
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Source: IDC, 2002
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                                      Number   Number 1 Computer
                                        of       of       or     IDC
Rank Vendor  Model                     CPUs     Nodes   Cluster Rating
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 1  IBM      eServer pSeries p690        256      16       C    521.09
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 2  SGI      Origin 2000 300             800      25       C    344.47
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 3  IBM      eServer pSeries p690        160      10       C    325.68
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 4  IBM      eServer pSeries p690        122       8       C    248.33
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 5  HP       SuperDome (PA-8700)@750     256       4       C    218.87
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 6  SGI      Origin 3800-500             320       1       1    197.03
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 7  HP       SuperDome (PA-8600)         256       4       C    176.21
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 8  SGI      Origin 2000 300             384       6       C    165.47
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 9  SGI      Origin 2000 300             384       6       C    165.47
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10  Sun      HPC 10000 400 MHz Cluster   192      96       C    163.53
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11  IBM      p690-1.1GHz                  96       3       C    151.24
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12  Sun      8 x SF6800, 900 Mhz         192       8       C    146.00
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13  SGI      ORIGIN 2000 250             320      10       C    122.22
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14  Sun      64 x SB1000, 750 Mhz        128      64       C    112.88
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15  HP       SuperDome (PA-8700)@750     128       2       C    112.27
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16  Sun      HPC 10000 400 MHz Cluster   128      64       C    109.17
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17  Sun      HPC 10000 333 MHz Cluster   128      64       C    107.70
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18  IBM      p690-1.1GHz                  64       2       C    100.83
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19  Sun      HPC 10000 400 MHz Cluster   120      60       C     97.02
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20  Sun      HPC 10000 400 MHz Cluster   120      60       C     96.92
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21  HP       SuperDome (PA-8600)         128       2       C     91.42
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22  Cray     SV1ex-4                     128       4       C     88.66
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23  Cray     SV1ex-4                     128       4       C     88.66
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24  Sun      HPC 10000 400 MHz Cluster   112      56       C     85.49
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25  Sun      HPC 10000 400 MHz Cluster   144      72       C     73.57
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26  Sun      4 x SF6800, 900 Mhz          96       4       C     73.00
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27  NEC      NEC_SX_5-4C                   4       1       1     70.48
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28  Sun      13X Sun Fire V880, 750 Mhz  104      13       C     65.43
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29  NEC      SX-6/8A                       8       1       1     63.63
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30  Cray     SV1-4                       128       4       C     61.15
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31  IBM      p690-1.3GHz                  32       1       1     59.18
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32  HP       SuperDome (PA-8700)@750      64       1       1     56.84
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33  NEC      SX-5/4B                       4       1       1     56.51
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34  NEC      SX-5/4C                       4       1       1     56.51
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35  IBM      p690-1.1GHz                  32       1       1     50.41
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36  SGI      Origin 3800-600              64       1       1     49.95
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37  Cray     SV1-4/64-128                 64       4       C     47.11
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38  Cray     SV1-4/64-128                 64       4       C     47.11
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39  Sun      HPC 10000 400 MHz Cluster    80      40       C     47.09
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40  Sun      HPC 10000 400 MHz Cluster   110      55       C     46.74
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41  HP       SuperDome (PA-8600)          64       1       1     46.74
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42  SGI      Origin 3800-500              64       1       1     44.92
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43  Cray     SV1ex-2                      64       2       C     44.37
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44  HP       V2600/HyperPlex             256       8       C     44.03
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45  Sun      Sun Fire 15K                 72       1       1     42.98
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46  HP       SuperDome (PA-8700)@750      48       1       1     42.69
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47  Sun      HPC 10000 400 MHz Cluster   104      52       C     42.47
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48  SGI      Origin 3800-400              64       1       1     40.04
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49  IBM      p690-1.1GHz                  24       1       1     38.16
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50  SGI      Origin 2000 500              64       1       1     37.39
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IDC Balanced Rating: All Divisional Computers
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Source: IDC, 2002
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                                      Number   Number 1 Computer
                                        of       of       or     IDC
Rank Vendor  Model                     CPUs     Nodes   Cluster Rating
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 1  HP       SuperDome (PA-8700)@750      32       1       1     28.89
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 2  IBM      p670                         16       1       1     25.94
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 3  IBM      p690-1.1GHz                  16       1       1     25.94
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 4  HP       AlphaServer HPC320 6/667     32       8       C     24.28
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 5  HP       SuperDome (PA-8600)          32       1       1     23.88
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 6  IBM      p690-HPC-1.3GHz               8       1       1     15.54
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 7  IBM      p690-1.3GHz                   8       1       1     15.20
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 8  NEC      Express5800/1160Xa           16       1       1     15.09
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 9  HP       SuperDome (PA-8700)@750      16       1       1     14.78
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10  HP       rp8400 (PA-8700)@750MHz      16       1       1     14.70
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11  HP       AlphaServer HPC160 6/833     16       4       C     14.48
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12  HP       AlphaServer HPC320 6/833     16       4       C     14.48
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13  HP       rp8400 (PA-8700)@650MHz      16       1       1     13.95
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14  IBM      p670                          8       1       1     12.97
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15  IBM      p690-1.1GHz                   8       1       1     12.95
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16  SGI      Origin 3400-600              16       1       1     12.67
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17  SGI      Origin 3800-600              16       1       1     12.67
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18  HP       AlphaServer HPC160 6/667     16       4       C     12.45
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19  HP       AlphaServer HPC320 6/667     16       4       C     12.45
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20  HP       SuperDome (PA-8600)          16       1       1     12.22
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21  SGI      Origin 3400-500              16       1       1     11.39
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22  SGI      Origin 3800-500              16       1       1     11.39
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23  HP       rp8400 (PA-8700)@750MHz      12       1       1     10.99
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24  SGI      Origin 3400-400              16       1       1     10.11
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25  SGI      Origin 3800-400              16       1       1     10.11
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26  Sun      Sun Fire 4800                12       1       1      9.74
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27  SGI      Origin 300 500               16       1       1      9.66
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28  SGI      Origin 2000 500              16       1       1      9.57
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29  IBM      POWER3 H- 375MHz             16       1       1      9.51
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30  HP       AlphaServer GS320 6/1000      8       1       1      8.63
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31  HP       AlphaServer GS160 6/1000      8       1       1      8.45
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32  IBM      POWER3 T 375 MHz             16       4       C      8.31
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33  SGI      Origin 2000 400              16       1       1      8.29
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34  HP       AlphaServer GS80/1000         8       1       1      8.29
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35  IBM      POWER3 H- 375MHz             12       1       1      7.80
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36  Sun      Sun Fire 6800                 8       1       1      7.45
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37  HP       AlphaServer HPC160 6/833      8       2       C      7.44
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38  HP       AlphaServer HPC320 6/833      8       2       C      7.44
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39  HP       rp8400 (PA-8700)@750MHz       8       1       1      7.41
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40  HP       AlphaServer GS160 6/731       8       1       1      6.64
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41  HP       AlphaServer GS80/731          8       1       1      6.51
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42  Sun      Sun Fire 3800                 8       1       1      6.50
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43  Sun      Sun Fire 4800                 8       1       1      6.50
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44  HP       AlphaServer GS320 6/731       8       1       1      6.48
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45  HP       AlphaServer HPC160 6/667      8       2       C      6.38
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46  HP       AlphaServer HPC320 6/667      8       2       C      6.38
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47  SGI      Origin 3400-600               8       1       1      6.38
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48  SGI      Origin 3800-600               8       1       1      6.38
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49  IBM      POWER3 H- 375MHz              8       1       1      6.03
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50  Sun      Sun Fire V880                 8       1       1      5.99
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IDC Balanced Rating: All Departmental Computers
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Source: IDC, 2002
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                                      Number   Number 1 Computer
                                        of       of       or     IDC
Rank Vendor  Model                     CPUs     Nodes   Cluster Rating
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 1  HP       rp8400 (PA-8700)@650MHz      12       1       1     10.40
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 2  HP       rp7410(PA-8700)@750MHz        8       1       1      7.64
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 3  NEC      Express5800/1160Xa            8       1       1      7.54
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 4  HP       rp8400 (PA-8700)@650MHz       8       1       1      7.09
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 5  HP       rp7410(PA-8700)@650MHz        8       1       1      6.88
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 6  HP       rp7400 (PA-8700)@750          8       1       1      6.70
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 7  IBM      p670                          4       1       1      6.47
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 8  SGI      Origin 3200-600               8       1       1      6.38
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 9  HP       rp7400 (PA-8700)@650          8       1       1      6.22
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10  SGI      Origin 3200-500               8       1       1      5.72
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11  SGI      Origin 3800-500               8       1       1      5.72
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12  HP       N4000 (PA-8600)               8       1       1      5.38
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13  Sun      Sun Enterprise 4500          14       1       1      5.25
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14  SGI      Origin 3200-400               8       1       1      5.09
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15  SGI      Origin 3400-400               8       1       1      5.09
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16  SGI      Origin 3800-400               8       1       1      5.09
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17  SGI      Origin 300 500                8       1       1      5.07
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18  NEC      Express5800/1160Xa            4       1       1      4.95
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19  SGI      Origin 3200-600               6       1       1      4.92
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20  HP       AlphaServer ES45/1000         4       1       1      4.88
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21  SGI      Origin 2000 500               8       1       1      4.79
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22  Sun      Sun Enterprise 4000          12       1       1      4.53
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23  SGI      Origin 3200-500               6       1       1      4.44
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24  HP       rp7410(PA-8700)@750MHz        4       1       1      4.25
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25  IBM      POWER3 H- 375MHz              4       1       1      4.23
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26  SGI      Origin 2000 400               8       1       1      4.14
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27  HP       rp7400 (PA-8700)@750          4       1       1      4.13
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28  IBM      p660-6H1-750MHz               6       1       1      3.99
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29  IBM      p620-6F1-750MHz               6       1       1      3.96
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30  HP       rp7410(PA-8700)@650MHz        4       1       1      3.87
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31  HP       rp7400 (PA-8700)@650          4       1       1      3.85
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32  HP       AlphaServer HPC160 6/833      4       1       1      3.82
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33  HP       AlphaServer HPC320 6/833      4       1       1      3.82
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34  Sun      Sun Fire V880                 4       1       1      3.80
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35  HP       rp5470 (PA-8700)@750MHz       4       1       1      3.79
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36  HP       RX4610 (Itanium)@800          4       1       1      3.74
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37  HP       rp8400 (PA-8700)@750MHz       4       1       1      3.71
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38  IBM      p620-6F1-668MHz               6       1       1      3.60
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39  IBM      p660-6H1-668MHz               6       1       1      3.60
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40  HP       rp8400 (PA-8700)@650MHz       4       1       1      3.54
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41  HP       rp5470 (PA-8700)@650MHz       4       1       1      3.51
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42  HP       RX4610 (Itanium)@733          4       1       1      3.49
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43  IBM      p660-6M1                      4       1       1      3.43
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44  HP       N4000 (PA-8600)               4       1       1      3.38
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45  IBM      POWER3 H- 375MHz              2       1       1      3.31
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46  HP       AlphaServer HPC160 6/667      4       1       1      3.27
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47  HP       AlphaServer HPC320 6/667      4       1       1      3.27
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48  Sun      Sun Fire 3800                 4       1       1      3.25
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49  HP       AlphaServer GS80/731          4       1       1      3.25
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50  SGI      Origin 3200-600               4       1       1      3.16
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