SC98 - IBM posts 40% growth in TOP500 list

Orlando, 10 November 98 IBM claims that it has increased its share of systems on the TOP500 list of the largest supercomputers by more than 40% in just the past six months. IBM systems now account for 105 of the world's fastest computers, an increase of 30 installations since June

IBM's growth ranks first among major vendors on the November 1998 list of the 500 most powerful supercomputer sites. The company's increases were even more substantial at the highest end of computing, with 22 RS/6000 SP systems now among the world's 100 most powerful systems, an 83 percent increase.

"Customers are turning to IBM's RS/6000 SP to meet their most demanding computing needs and to tackle increasingly complex problems that only the world's most advanced computers can solve," said Nicholas Donofrio, IBM senior vice president for Technology and Manufacturing. "IBM's leadership in deep computing -- helping companies and organizations - more - extract valuable information and relationships from unprecedented volumes of data -- is fueling demand for these high-performance systems."

Donofrio said that IBM is developing an aggressive road map to extend the capabilities of the world's most advanced computers.

"We are already building a 10 Tflop/s system for delivery to the Department of Energy in 2000 and, even more remarkable, we're on track to demonstrate a 1000 Tflop/s system before the end of the next decade."

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