IBM number one in supercomputing processing power in TOP500Armonk 15 November 2002 IBM is the has a total of 93 Tflop/s on the TOP500 List of Supercomputers. This represents more than 31 percent of the total processing power on the list.
In the exclusive realm of the top 100 most powerful supercomputers in the world, IBM accounted for 43 systems, more than three times the number of HP's 13 systems on the List.
Peter Ungaro, vice president of High Performance Computing, IBM, stated: "In recent years new applications using scalable clusters and Grid systems have exploded. We expect that the tremendous innovation in areas like life sciences, digital media, and computationally intensive simulations will continue to fuel the use of powerful high-end systems. IBM intends to continue our track record of innovation around Grid computing and on demand delivery of supercomputing in the years ahead."
Based on the success of IBM's POWER microprocessor technology, IBM supercomputers are the most widely used in the world for the largest applications of scale. IBM supercomputers are used for applications such as those exploring medical mysteries in life sciences, making cars safer in automobile design, and optimising investment strategies in financial markets.
IBM also launched the eServer p655, an ultra dense UNIX server targeted at the high performance computing market that packs up to 128 POWER4 processors in a single rack.
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