Cluster in Tokyo first AMD based machine in TOP500Tokyo 03 July 2001 The Tokyo Institute of Technology's PRESTO III-a server cluster containing 78 AMD Athlon processors-was ranked in the Top 500 list released at the June 2001 International Supercomputer Conference held in Heidelberg, Germany. The PRESTO III marks the first time an AMD processor-based supercomputer has made the TOP500 list.
The PRESTO III is employed at the Matsuoka Laboratory of the Global Scientific
Information and Computing Center and the Department of Mathematical and
Computing Science. It runs simulation and scientific applications such as
operations research, high-energy physics, and neuroscience.
Compiled by high-performance computer experts, computational scientists,
manufacturers and the Internet community, the Top 500 (http://www.top500.org)
list provides current information about the most powerful computer systems in
the world. The international list has been released twice a year since 1993.
The Tokyo Institute of Technology's PRESTO III was ranked No. 439.
Other AMD Athlon processor-based supercomputers are installed at research
institutions such as the University of Delaware, University of Kentucky,
University of Utah, University of California at Santa Cruz, Western Michigan
University, Calvin College, and the Hong Kong University of Science &
Technology. These Linux-based supercomputers use the Beowulf Cluster design
architecture, which involves connecting each processor in parallel to maximize
speed and processing power while providing inter-communications between the
processors and compute nodes.
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