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Linux dominates supercomputing

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Source: Techtronic.co.za - Posted by Benjamin D. Thomas

Linux has firmly stamped its authority on the supercomputing sector. The latest report from Top500, which releases a bi-annual report of the fastest computers in the world, shows Linux increasing its market share in this segment from 51.8% six months ago to 74.4%.

According to the 26th edition of the Top500 report, the fastest computer on the planet is IBM's BlueGene/L System, which is used by the DOE's National Nuclear Security Administration. BlueGene, running Linux of course, achieved a jaw-dropping 280.6 teraflop (trillion calculations per second) performance, doubling its own record it set six months ago. This is the first supercomputer to break the 100 teraflop barrier.

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Somewhat Related

Written by ryan on 2005-11-16 07:49:16

In somewhat [URL=http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/11/15/2126259&tid=109&tid=231]related news[/URL]...

I see how it is..

Written by paxd on 2005-11-16 08:33:14

I slave over a hot webserver getting this comment feature working and Ryan beats me to the first post.. :upset

At least I got first smiley.. haha..

heh

Written by ryan on 2005-11-16 08:39:26

Sorry :grin

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