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

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11. IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center
Supercomputer Type: eServer Blue Gene Solution
MFLOPS/Watt: 210.56
Power Consuption (kilowatts): 44.80
Speed Ranking (worldwide): 174

12. Renaissance Computing Institute (RENCI)
Supercomputer Type: eServer Blue Gene Solution
MFLOPS/Watt: 210.56
Power Consuption (kilowatts): 44.80
Speed Ranking (worldwide): 175

13. University of Canterbury
Supercomputer Type: eServer Blue Gene Solution
MFLOPS/Watt: 210.56
Power Consuption (kilowatts): 44.80
Speed Ranking (worldwide): 176


14. Forschungszentrum Juelich (FZJ)
Supercomputer Type: eServer Blue Gene Solution
MFLOPS/Watt: 208.31
Power Consuption (kilowatts): 179.20
Speed Ranking (worldwide): 28

15. Computational Biology Research Center, AIST
Supercomputer Type: eServer Blue Gene Solution
MFLOPS/Watt: 208.31
Power Consuption (kilowatts): 89.60
Speed Ranking (worldwide): 52 Next Page: The Green 500: Top 25 Most Energy-Efficient Supercomputers, #16-#20

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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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