75% of TOP 500 Supercomputers Now Intel-based

Polaris573 · Jun 21, 2008

The just released TOP 500 Supercomputing ranking list verifies that the wide majority of today's systems are based on Intel multi-core processors and able to evaluate and calculate large volumes of data and complex algorithms very rapidly. 375 or 75 percent of the ranked supercomputers are based on Intel processors -- more than ever before. In the year 2000, only four - yes four - systems were based on Intel architecture, illustrating just how rapidly the leading processor architecture for supercomputers has been embraced. Intel's push into quad-core based systems is also well represented. In just over one and a half years since the first quad core processor, more than half (257 systems) now contain four-brained Intel chips.

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Wile E · Jun 21, 2008

This doesn't seem surprising to me at all. The Core2 microarchitecture was an amazing leap forward.

Triprift · Jun 21, 2008

Just illustrates the huge movement forward the core2 duos and quad cores have been for Intel and AMD'S poor showing with the Phenom's.

Polaris573 · Jun 21, 2008

I think in the past most super computers were built around IBM processors.

imperialreign · Jun 21, 2008

Wile E said:
This doesn't seem surprising to me at all. The Core2 microarchitecture was an amazing leap forward.

indeed it was . . . but we've been starting to see Intel becoming highly complacent like they were back in the day before AMD gave them a kick-in-the-nuts by GoodSwift.

Back then, Intel was running "recycled & revamped" architecture under the name NetBurst, and TBH, as much as it looked great on paper, it was really a brute force CPU architecture; and Intel milked the crap out of it in their Gigahertz war.

It wasn't until AMD took the limelight that Intel went back to the drawing board, as they intended to continue the NetBurst architecture for at least a few more CPU families:

But, now that they've reclaimed the king of the hill status, they're beginning to show their complacency again - through their sandbaggin tactics, and the fact that they're milking the crap out of the Core2 architecture now.

:ohwell:

ktr · Jun 21, 2008

Polaris573 said:
I think in the past most super computers were built around IBM processors.

And still are...well the fast ones are.

Look at the list: http://www.top500.org/

The top 6 are non intel...they are AMD or IBM or both (both being the fastest supercomputer).

1) Roadrunner - Opteron and Cell Broadband Engine (PS3 cpu) <--- first to break the petaflop barrier (it peaks out at 1.7 petaflops). It two times faster than second place.
2) BlueGene/L - PowerPC
3) Blue Gene/P (Argonne National Laboratory) - PowerPC
4) Ranger - Opteron
5) Jaguar - Opteron
6) JUGENE - PowerPC

then comes an intel...

7) Encanto - Xeon
8) EKA - Xeon
9) Blue Gene/P (IDRIS) - PowerPC
10) SGI Altix ICE - Xeon

Viscarious · Jun 21, 2008

Just realize this. If Intel gets its way, and pushes AMD out of the processor market, new technology will take exponentially longer to come out. Intel will no longer need to try to put out new processors and architecture.

Last year AMD only had 13% of the processor market. When I recently built my new computer, I could of bought Intel. I knew Intel was better. I knew I'd gimp myself if I got a phenom over any Intel but I bought AMD in hopes that I could help.

On the other hand, its awesome to see how well Intel has succeeded.

imperialreign · Jun 21, 2008

Viscarious said:
Just realize this. If Intel gets its way, and pushes AMD out of the processor market, new technology will take exponentially longer to come out. Intel will no longer need to try to put out new processors and architecture.

Last year AMD only had 13% of the processor market. When I recently built my new computer, I could of bought Intel. I knew Intel was better. I knew I'd gimp myself if I got a phenom over any Intel but I bought AMD in hopes that I could help.

On the other hand, its awesome to see how well Intel has succeeded.

TBH, I'm not too surprised at all by it - but, for me, it has to do with growing up around computers . . .

a decade ago, the majority of CPUs in personal computers were Intel; every now and then you might've run across someone running AMD or IBM, or even a VIA. AMD was the second fastes growing personal computer CPU at the time, though, whereas IBM was headed towards workstations and corporate/industrial use.

I have to say, though, considering how long AMD has been around compared to Intel's history, AMD have come a very long and respectable way.

suraswami · Jun 21, 2008

Viscarious said:
Just realize this. If Intel gets its way, and pushes AMD out of the processor market, new technology will take exponentially longer to come out. Intel will no longer need to try to put out new processors and architecture.

Last year AMD only had 13% of the processor market. When I recently built my new computer, I could of bought Intel. I knew Intel was better. I knew I'd gimp myself if I got a phenom over any Intel but I bought AMD in hopes that I could help.

On the other hand, its awesome to see how well Intel has succeeded.

Good Man. I too a strong supporter of AMD. Just time will tell if they will come back. Last time they tackled a not so big monster and that monster has grown beyond control.

Viscarious · Jun 21, 2008

Yea, I think that the AMD and ATI merger took too much attention away from working on processor development. Although, seeing the scores for ATIs new cards do show that the merger was sort of a good move. Just hope the AMD half catches up.

imperialreign · Jun 21, 2008

Viscarious said:
Yea, I think that the AMD and ATI merger took too much attention away from working on processor development. Although, seeing the scores for ATIs new cards do show that the merger was sort of a good move. Just hope the AMD half catches up.

Give them time . . . they are up against:

I have faith in AMD though; they'll end up surprising us at some point.

In the meantime, Intel will stay at the top of heap (I wonder, though, how much of their success over the last 8 years has been due to their marketing tactics :ohwell:

) . . .

[BTW, bonus points to whoever gets that reference I just made!

]

Viscarious · Jun 21, 2008

imperialreign said:
Give them time . . . they are up against:

I have faith in AMD though; they'll end up surprising us at some point.

In the meantime, Intel will stay at the top of heap (I wonder, though, how much of their success over the last 8 years has been due to their marketing tactics ) . . .

[BTW, bonus points to whoever gets that reference I just made! ]

Arg! I've heard this before ... or read it... I just dont know. PM it to me plox.

mikek75 · Jun 21, 2008

imperialreign said:
Give them time . . . they are up against:

I have faith in AMD though; they'll end up surprising us at some point.

In the meantime, Intel will stay at the top of heap (I wonder, though, how much of their success over the last 8 years has been due to their marketing tactics ) . . .

[BTW, bonus points to whoever gets that reference I just made! ]

J.R.R.Tolkein? The Hobbit or Lord Of The Rings?

From_Nowhere · Jun 21, 2008

75% of super computers use Intel? Amazing, since the FSB scales so badly with many processors.
__________
and that pic reference... Shrek?

Laurijan · Jun 21, 2008

mikek75 said:
J.R.R.Tolkein? The Hobbit or Lord Of The Rings?

The pic is from The Hobbit

SheetCake · Jun 21, 2008

imperialreign said:
Give them time . . . they are up against:

I have faith in AMD though; they'll end up surprising us at some point.

In the meantime, Intel will stay at the top of heap (I wonder, though, how much of their success over the last 8 years has been due to their marketing tactics ) . . .

[BTW, bonus points to whoever gets that reference I just made! ]

smog/smaug the dragon from the hobbit, not lotr there wasnt a dragon in lotr

Deleted member 3 · Jun 21, 2008

From_Nowhere said:
75% of super computers use Intel? Amazing, since the FSB scales so badly with many processors.

They're mostly clusters.

Basard · Jun 21, 2008

I wonder, if they just make a huge motherboard, that holds like 100x new "video" cards... chain a bunch of them together... 800 stream processors each... hehe.

Anybody ever hear anything about the "neural network" computers or "creativity machines"? computers that pretty much mimic the way the brain works.... pretty neat stuff. One day, when we die, we will all live forever in cyber heaven, and I will be your god, MUA HAHAHAHA.

WarEagleAU · Jun 21, 2008

alot of interesting info. I didnt know AMD was in the top 6 of the super computers.

and as its been said by Wile E and others, it goes to show how revolutionary the Core2 architecture really was.

panchoman · Jun 21, 2008

too bad the strongest supercomputers are composed of amd opertons, cells and ppc processors

spearman914 · Jun 21, 2008

imperialreign said:
indeed it was . . . but we've been starting to see Intel becoming highly complacent like they were back in the day before AMD gave them a kick-in-the-nuts by GoodSwift.

Back then, Intel was running "recycled & revamped" architecture under the name NetBurst, and TBH, as much as it looked great on paper, it was really a brute force CPU architecture; and Intel milked the crap out of it in their Gigahertz war.

It wasn't until AMD took the limelight that Intel went back to the drawing board, as they intended to continue the NetBurst architecture for at least a few more CPU families:

But, now that they've reclaimed the king of the hill status, they're beginning to show their complacency again - through their sandbaggin tactics, and the fact that they're milking the crap out of the Core2 architecture now.

ROFL look at the yellow box. They want to go prescott all the way to nehalem. :roll:

KainXS · Jun 21, 2008

I remember those willamette,s they were HORRIBLE, P3's were faster than themand they were horrible overclockers

massive waste o money at the time, unbelievable failures

but those northwoods were some very good overclockers against amd's bartons

lemonadesoda · Jun 21, 2008

For a total NUTKICK to Intel, you can look at the statistics another way:

Intel is the main processor "in" 75% of the top 500 supercomputers.
But it represents only 39% of the PROCESSORS in use.
And represents only 50% of the supercomputing POWER as represented by Rmax.

Statistics. Dangerous things.

The POWER LIST is represented by "Rmax share / Processor share" and shown in green in the table below:

PowerPC450
Opteron Quad Core
PowerXCell 8i

These are the 3 most powerful processors in the top 500. And they aint intel.

0elemental0 · Jun 21, 2008

i 100 % dont care.. i have always built amd.. my first intel machine since the 086 286 386 486 days was a laptop...and it does scream.. (9k in 3d06)

lemonadesoda · Jun 21, 2008

9k in 3d06 is NOTHING to brag about.

I have 11k3 with an Intel AGP system. :nutkick:

Processor	LGA 775 Intel Q9550 2.8 Ghz
Motherboard	MSI P7N Diamond - 780i Chipset
Cooling	Arctic Freezer
Memory	6GB G.Skill DDRII 800 4-4-3-5
Video Card(s)	Sapphire HD 7850 2 GB PCI-E
Storage	1 TB Seagate 32MB Cache, 250 GB Seagate 16MB Cache
Display(s)	Acer X203w
Case	Coolermaster Centurion 5
Audio Device(s)	Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Music
Power Supply	OCZ StealthXStream 600 Watt
Software	Windows 7 Ultimate x64

System Name	The ClusterF**k
Processor	980X @ 4Ghz
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5 BIOS F12
Cooling	MCR-320, DDC-1 pump w/Bitspower res top (1/2" fittings), Koolance CPU-360
Memory	3x2GB Mushkin Redlines 1600Mhz 6-8-6-24 1T
Video Card(s)	Evga GTX 580
Storage	Corsair Neutron GTX 240GB, 2xSeagate 320GB RAID0; 2xSeagate 3TB; 2xSamsung 2TB; Samsung 1.5TB
Display(s)	HP LP2475w 24" 1920x1200 IPS
Case	Technofront Bench Station
Audio Device(s)	Auzentech X-Fi Forte into Onkyo SR606 and Polk TSi200's + RM6750
Power Supply	ENERMAX Galaxy EVO EGX1250EWT 1250W
Software	Win7 Ultimate N x64, OSX 10.8.4

System Name	Becca 2
Processor	AMD A10 4600m quad core @ 2.3 ghz
Motherboard	dunno
Cooling	Logitech alto connect
Memory	16 Gig ddr3 1600mhz
Video Card(s)	Ati HD 7660G + & 7470M
Storage	1 TB
Audio Device(s)	onboard crap
Software	Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit with sp1

Processor	LGA 775 Intel Q9550 2.8 Ghz
Motherboard	MSI P7N Diamond - 780i Chipset
Cooling	Arctic Freezer
Memory	6GB G.Skill DDRII 800 4-4-3-5
Video Card(s)	Sapphire HD 7850 2 GB PCI-E
Storage	1 TB Seagate 32MB Cache, 250 GB Seagate 16MB Cache
Display(s)	Acer X203w
Case	Coolermaster Centurion 5
Audio Device(s)	Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Music
Power Supply	OCZ StealthXStream 600 Watt
Software	Windows 7 Ultimate x64

System Name	УльтраФиолет
Processor	Intel Kentsfield Q9650 @ 3.8GHz (4.2GHz highest achieved)
Motherboard	ASUS P5E3 Deluxe/WiFi; X38 NSB, ICH9R SSB
Cooling	Delta V3 block, XPSC res, 120x3 rad, ST 1/2" pump - 10 fans, SYSTRIN HDD cooler, Antec HDD cooler
Memory	Dual channel 8GB OCZ Platinum DDR3 @ 1800MHz @ 7-7-7-20 1T
Video Card(s)	Quadfire: (2) Sapphire HD5970
Storage	(2) WD VelociRaptor 300GB SATA-300; WD 320GB SATA-300; WD 200GB UATA + WD 160GB UATA
Display(s)	Samsung Syncmaster T240 24" (16:10)
Case	Cooler Master Stacker 830
Audio Device(s)	Creative X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Pro PCI-E x1
Power Supply	Kingwin Mach1 1200W modular
Software	Windows XP Home SP3; Vista Ultimate x64 SP2
Benchmark Scores	3m06: 20270 here: http://hwbot.org/user.do?userId=12313

Processor	AMD Phenom 9850BE
Motherboard	ASUS M3A32MVP Deluxe 790FX
Cooling	ZALMAN CNPS9700
Memory	Crucial Ballistix Tracers 4G (1G x 4) 800Mhz CAS4
Video Card(s)	VisionTek HD3870 + a VisionTek HD3870 OC Edition Xfire'd
Storage	320G WD SATA + 160G
Display(s)	Gateway HD 19" 4ms
Case	Raidmax Ninja
Audio Device(s)	Creative X-Fi XtremeGamer
Power Supply	650W Antec Earthwatts
Software	Windows Vista 64bit SP1
Benchmark Scores	candle_86 is a fanboi

System Name	---
Processor	FX 8350 @ 4.00 Ghz with 1.28v
Motherboard	Gigabyte 990FX-UD3 v4.0, Hacked Bios F4.x
Cooling	Silenx 4 pipe Tower cooler + 2 x Cougar 120mm fan, 3 x 120mm, 1 x 200 mm Red LED fan
Memory	Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 16GB + Patriot Memory DDR3 1866 16GB
Video Card(s)	Asus R9 290 OC @ GPU - 1050, MEM - 1300
Storage	Inland 256GB PCIe NVMe SSD for OS, WDC Black - 2TB + 1TB Storage, Inland 480GB SSD - Games
Display(s)	3 x 1080P LCDs - Acer 25" + Acer 23" + HP 23"
Case	AeroCool XPredator X3
Audio Device(s)	Built-in Realtek
Power Supply	Corsair HX1000 Modular
Software	Windows 10 Pro 64 bit

System Name	As easy as falling off a lorry
Processor	Core I5 2500K auto tuned to 4.2ghz
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z68XP-UD3P
Cooling	Corsair H80 sealed water cooler
Memory	16gb Gskill Ripjawz 1600mhz
Video Card(s)	XFX 6970 2GB
Storage	Corsair 120GB Force 3 SSD, OCZ 60 GB Agility 3 SSD, Seagate 500GB, 2x80gb Maxtors
Display(s)	DELL 2309w 23" Widescreen 1920x1080+ LG M2294D 22" 1680x1050 LCDtv/monitor
Case	Zalman Z9 Plus
Audio Device(s)	X-Fi Xtreme Gamer Fatal1ty Pro
Power Supply	PC Power&Cooling 750w Silencer Quad PCIe
Software	Windows 7 x64 Home Premium

System Name	Enslaver :)
Processor	Ryzen 7 7800X3D
Motherboard	ASUS TUF Gaming B650-Plus
Cooling	CPU: Noctua D15 G2, Case: 2 front in, 1 rear out
Memory	2x16GB Kingston Fury Beast RGB 6000MHz
Video Card(s)	ASUS TUF RTX 4070Ti OC
Storage	Samsung Evo Plus 1TB NVMe , internal WD Red 4TB for storage, WD Book 8TB
Display(s)	LG CX OLED 65"
Case	Lian Li LANCOOL II Mesh C Performance
Audio Device(s)	HDMI audio powering Dolby Digital audio on 5.1 Z960 speaker system
Power Supply	Corsair RM850x
Mouse	Logitech G700
Keyboard	ASUS Strix Tactic Pro
Software	Windows 11 Pro x64

System Name	ChoreBoy
Processor	8700k Delided
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z390 Master
Cooling	420mm Custom Loop
Memory	CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 2x8GB @ 3000Mhz
Video Card(s)	EVGA 1080 SC
Storage	1TB SX8200, 250GB 850 EVO, 250GB Barracuda
Display(s)	Pixio PX329 and Dell E228WFP
Case	Fractal R6
Audio Device(s)	On-Board
Power Supply	1000w Corsair
Software	Win 10 Pro
Benchmark Scores	A million on everything....

System Name	Pandemic 2020
Processor	AMD Ryzen 5 "Gen 2" 2600X
Motherboard	AsRock X470 Killer Promontory
Cooling	CoolerMaster 240 RGB Master Cooler (Newegg Eggxpert)
Memory	32 GB Geil EVO Portenza DDR4 3200 MHz
Video Card(s)	ASUS Radeon RX 580 DirectX 12 DUAL-RX580-O8G 8GB 256-Bit GDDR5 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video C
Storage	WD 250 M.2, Corsair P500 M.2, OCZ Trion 500, WD Black 1TB, Assorted others.
Display(s)	ASUS MG24UQ Gaming Monitor - 23.6" 4K UHD (3840x2160) , IPS, Adaptive Sync, DisplayWidget
Case	Fractal Define R6 C
Audio Device(s)	Realtek 5.1 Onboard
Power Supply	Corsair RMX 850 Platinum PSU (Newegg Eggxpert)
Mouse	Razer Death Adder
Keyboard	Corsair K95 Mechanical & Corsair K65 Wired, Wireless, Bluetooth)
Software	Windows 10 Pro x64

Processor	Amd Athlon X2 4600+ Windsor(90nm) EE(65W) @2.9-3.0 @1.45
Motherboard	Biostar Tforce [Nvidia] 550
Cooling	Thermaltake Blue Orb-- bunch of other fans here and there....
Memory	2 gigs (2x1gb) of patriot ddr2 800 @ 4-4-4-12-2t
Video Card(s)	Sapphire X1950pro Pci-E x16 @stock@stock on stock
Storage	Seagate 7200.11 250gb Drive, WD raptors (30/40) in Raid 0
Display(s)	ANCIENT 15" sony lcd, bought it when it was like 500 bucks
Case	Apevia X-plorer blue/black
Audio Device(s)	Onboard- Why get an sound card when you can hum??
Power Supply	Antec NeoHe 550-manufactured by seasonic -replacement to the discontinued smart power series
Software	Windows XP pro SP2 -- vista is still crap

System Name	Mine \| Dad + Mom
Processor	E8500 E0 Wolfdale @ 4.6GHz 1.5V \| E2180 M0 Allendale @ 3.0GHz 1.3V
Motherboard	Asus Maximus Formula (X48) w/ Rampage BIOS \| Asus P5Q Pro (P45)
Cooling	Xigmatek Rifle HDT-S1283 w/ SFF21F Fan \| Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro
Memory	G.Skill Pi Black 2x2GB 1.02GHz CL5 \| OCZ Reaper 2x2GB 1.05GHz CL5
Video Card(s)	Sapphire 4870X2 2GB 820/1020MHz \| Sapphire 4850 1GB 700/1100MHz
Storage	WD VR 150GB 10K RPM + WD 500GB 7.2K RPM \| WD 200GB 7.2K RPM
Display(s)	Acer P243WAID 24" 1920x1200 LCD \| Acer V193W 19" 1440x900 LCD
Case	Cooler Master HAF 932 Full-Tower \| Antec Twelve Hundred Mid-Tower
Audio Device(s)	Fatal1ty Xtreme Gamer w/ Z-5500 5.1 \| On-Board Audio w/ S-220 2.1
Power Supply	PC Power and Cooling 750W Non-Modular \| Corsair HX-520W Modular
Software	Windows Vista Home Premium X64 \| Windows Vista Home Premium X64
Benchmark Scores	Not Wasting Time!

Processor	AMD Ryzen 9 5950x, Ryzen 9 5980HX
Motherboard	MSI X570 Tomahawk
Cooling	Be Quiet Dark Rock Pro 4(With Noctua Fans)
Memory	32Gb Crucial 3600 Ballistix
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte RTX 3080, Asus 6800M
Storage	Adata SX8200 1TB NVME/WD Black 1TB NVME
Display(s)	Dell 27 Inch 165Hz
Case	Phanteks P500A
Audio Device(s)	IFI Zen Dac/JDS Labs Atom+/SMSL Amp+Rivers Audio
Power Supply	Corsair RM850x
Mouse	Logitech G502 SE Hero
Keyboard	Corsair K70 RGB Mk.2
VR HMD	Samsung Odyssey Plus
Software	Windows 10

System Name	ICE-QUAD // ICE-CRUNCH
Processor	Q6600 // 2x Xeon 5472
Memory	2GB DDR // 8GB FB-DIMM
Video Card(s)	HD3850-AGP // FireGL 3400
Display(s)	2 x Samsung 204Ts = 3200x1200
Audio Device(s)	Audigy 2
Software	Windows Server 2003 R2 as a Workstation now migrated to W10 with regrets.

Processor	athlon 4800+ x2 (s939)
Motherboard	ms-7093 (oem hp) by msi
Cooling	freezer 64, arctic af9 x2
Memory	2 gig gskill 2.5-3-3-6
Video Card(s)	sapphire hd 3870 w/zalman vf900
Storage	250 gig sata, 320 gig sata
Display(s)	acer 22'' at 1680x1050
Case	oem hp, i love hidden drive bays
Audio Device(s)	soundblaster xtreme gamer x-fi
Power Supply	antec trio 650
Software	xp pro

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