November 1999
14th Presentation

Jack Dongarra, University of Tennessee and ORNL

Hans Meuer, University of Mannheim

Erich Strohmaier, University of Tennessee

Top500 Fastest Installed Computers

List the top 500 supercomputer at sites worldwide.

Provides a snapshot of the SC installed around the world.

Began in 1993, published every 6 months.

Measures the performance for the TPP Linpack Benchmark

Provides a way to measure trends

High-Performance Computing Today

In the past decade, the world has experienced one of the most exciting periods in computer development.

Microprocessors have become smaller, denser, and more powerful.

The result is that microprocessor-based supercomputing is rapidly becoming the technology of preference in attacking some of the most important problems of science and engineering.

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	Jack Dongarra, University of Tennessee and ORNL
	Hans Meuer, University of Mannheim
	Erich Strohmaier, University of Tennessee


	List the top 500 supercomputer at sites worldwide.
	Provides a snapshot of the SC installed around the world.
	Began in 1993, published every 6 months.
	Measures the performance for the TPP Linpack Benchmark
	Provides a way to measure trends


	In the past decade, the world has experienced one of the most exciting periods in computer development.
	Microprocessors have become smaller, denser, and more powerful.

	The result is that microprocessor-based supercomputing is rapidly becoming the technology of preference in attacking some of the most important problems of science and engineering.