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High Performance Computing in the U.S. in 1994 --
An Analysis on the Basis of the TOP500 List
Horst D. Simon
Advanced Systems Division
Silicon Graphics Computer Systems
Mail Stop 7L 580
Mountain View, CA 94043-1389
Tue Nov 14 15:00:26 PST 1995
Abstract:
In 1993 for the first time a list of the TOP500 supercomputer sites worldwide
has been made available. The TOP500 list allows a much more detailed
and well founded analysis of the state of high performance computing.
Previously data
such as the number and geographical distribution of supercomputer installations
were difficult to obtain, and only a few analysts undertook the effort to track
the press releases by dozens of vendors. With the TOP500 report now generally
and easily available it is possible to present an analysis of the state
of High Performance Computing (HPC) in the U.S. This note summarizes some of
the most important observations about HPC in the U.S. as of late 1994 or early
1995, in particular the continued dominance of the world market
in HPC by the U.S, the market penetration by microprocessor based systems,
and the growing industrial use of supercomputers.
top500@rz.uni-mannheim.de
Tue Nov 14 15:00:18 PST 1995