The Green 500

By Mel Duvall  |  Posted 2007-11-28 Email Print this article Print
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

New ranking of supercomputers compares their performance against their energy consumption

: Top 25 Most Energy Efficient Supercomputers, #21-#25">

21. Indian Institute of Science
Supercomputer Type: eServer Blue Gene Solution
MFLOPS/Watt: 208.31
Power Consuption (kilowatts): 89.60
Speed Ranking (worldwide): 58

22. DOE/NNSA/LLNL
Supercomputer Type: eServer Blue Gene Solution
MFLOPS/Watt: 205.27
Power Consuption (kilowatts): 2329.60
Speed Ranking (worldwide): 1

23. UCSD/San Diego Supercomputer Center
Supercomputer Type: eServer Blue Gene Solution
MFLOPS/Watt: 205.06
Power Consuption (kilowatts): 67.20
Speed Ranking (worldwide): 93

24. ASTRON/University Groningen
Supercomputer Type: eServer Blue Gene Solution
MFLOPS/Watt: 204.24
Power Consuption (kilowatts): 134.40
Speed Ranking (worldwide): 37

25. Stony Brook/BNL, New York Center for Computational Sciences
Supercomputer Type: eServer Blue Gene Solution
MFLOPS/Watt: 203.77
Power Consuption (kilowatts): 403.20
Speed Ranking (worldwide): 10

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Contributing Editor
Mel Duvall is a veteran business and technology journalist, having written for a variety of daily newspapers and magazines for 17 years. Most recently he was the Business Commerce Editor for Interactive Week, and previously served as a senior business writer for The Financial Post.
 
 
 
 
 
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