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internetnews.com: Supercomputer Champ Remains (For Now)

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Sean Michael Kerner
Jun 22, 2004

“Supercomputers are a lot more super than they were just six
months ago.

“According to the latest and 23rd edition of the TOP500 list,
the number of supercomputers with greater than 1 teraflop
processing power jumped by 86 percent to 242, up from 130 six
months ago.

“The list of top computers gives IBM bragging rights on
clusters, as well as Intel on its processors. China also cracked
the list’s top 10 for the first time. But the top spot in the list
remained the same for the third straight year. At 35.86 teraflops,
Japan’s NEC Earth Simulator remains the most powerful supercomputer
on the planet today…”

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