{"51732":{"#nid":"51732","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Supercomputer at Georgia Tech Is Among World\u2019s Fastest","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EATLANTA (July 13, 2006)--\u003C\/strong\u003EGeorgia Tech\u2019s supercomputer ranks 51 in the world and 6 in the nation according to the newest edition of the TOP500 list, outranking CalTech, MIT, and Carnegie Mellon. Twice a year, a list of the sites operating the 500 most powerful computer systems is assembled and released, and Tech\u2019s supercomputer is one of only 19 at an academic institution that is among the\u00a0\u201cTop\u201d 100 in the ranking. Georgia Tech\u2019s supercomputer is an IBM BladeCenter LS20, Opteron 2.0 GHz Dual core, GigEthernet.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe TOP500 list started in 1993 to provide a reliable basis for tracking and detecting trends in high-performance computing. This closely watched survey is compiled by a group of German and American academics who determine the best performance on the Linpack benchmark which is used as the measure for ranking the computer systems because it is widely used and performance numbers are available for almost all relevant systems.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETo view Georgia Tech\u2019s ranking, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.top500.org\/system\/8091\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Eclick here\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Cbr \/\u003EFor more information about the TOP500 list, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.top500.org\/news\/2006\/06\/28\/27th_edition_of_top500_list_of_world_s_fastest_supercomputers_released_doe_llnl_bluegene_l_and_ibm_gain_top_posi\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Eclick here\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAccording to the newest edition of the TOP500 list, Tech\u2019s supercomputer ranks 51 in the world and 6 in the nation, outranking CalTech, MIT and Carnegie Mellon.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27154","created_gmt":"2010-02-09 21:46:55","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:05:12","author":"Louise Russo","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-07-13T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2006-07-13T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}