To provide a better basis for statistics on high-performance computers, we list the sites that have the 500 most powerful computer systems installed. The best Linpack benchmark performance achieved is used as a performance measure in ranking the computers. The TOP500 list has been updated twice a year since June 1993. Here you can get information about all published lists.

Supercomputing News from the Web

• IBM Wins Supercomputer Contract To Help Track Orbital Highways
  (Space Daily) - Dec 6 2000 2:01PM
• Shanghai Opens Supercomputer Center with Made-in-China Computers
  (Nikkei BP Asia BizTech) - Dec 5 2000 7:32PM
• Top supercomputer adds to Oakland tech
  (bizjournals.com) - Dec 4 2000 7:11AM
• Supercomputer helps U.S. identify objects in space
  (CNN) - Nov 27 2000 9:12PM
• Supercomputing relies on the drip
  (Fairfax IT) - Nov 24 2000 7:39PM
• A Supercomputer On Idle
  (Newsbytes) - Nov 24 2000 1:59PM
• Air Force to hunt space junk with supercomputer
  (Government Executive) - Nov 23 2000 8:17AM
• U.S. Government Buys Supercomputer To Hunt UFOs
  (TechWeb) - Nov 22 2000 11:36PM
• Air Force buys IBM supercomputer to identify UFOs
  (South China Morning Post) - Nov 22 2000 7:54PM
• Supercomputer helps U.S. identify objects in space
  (IBM) - Nov 22 2000 5:47PM

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