The SciNet consortium at the University of Toronto has installed a 4,000-server IBM System x* iDataPlex* supercomputer, powered by more than 7,500 Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 series compute cores, that gives Canadian researchers a supercomputer that’s over 10 times more powerful than any other system in Canada and saves enough energy every year to run more than 700 homes. Read about Canada’s Fastest Supercomputer.
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Canada’s Fastest Supercomputer
Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009Intel Inside Nearly Eighty Percent of the World’s Fastest Supercomputers
Wednesday, June 24th, 2009More supercomputers than ever are using Intel® processors according to the latest TOP500 list. The report shows that 339 of the top 500 systems in the world, including two in the top 10, now have Intel inside. Of special significance is the fact that 33 of the top systems are using the Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 series launched only three months ago to drive their research and analytical capabilities. Get the rest of the story at TOP500.org.