500 supercomputers in the world will release Intel share

Beijing on November 12th news, according to foreign media reports, the latest global top 500 supercomputers will be officially released next Monday. As can be seen, more AMD dual core Opteron processor and Infiniband interconnect technology appears on the list. In the list of supercomputers, there are 113 units using the AMD processor, accounting for the proportion of 22%, far more than the same period last year of 11%. In contrast, the use of Intel processors only 261 computers, accounting for the proportion of 52%, lower than the same period last year, a decrease of 333 units, creating a new high. AMD with dual core processors from Intel stole a lot of market share, while Intel is also relying on dual core Xeon processor to catch up. On Monday, Intel also released a quad core Xeon processor, is expected to be released in the same product AMD, quad core Xeon processor sales can reach 1 million. Laurence Berkeley national laboratory researcher Erich Strohmaier (Erich Strohmaier) said: "Intel has dominated the supercomputer list over the past two or three years, last year the proportion reached 66%, so the decline is normal." He also said that the use of Woodcrest core Intel dual core processor has appeared on the list, the next period of time is expected to further popularity. If Intel in the quad core processor beyond AMD, the next 6 to 12 months will be a major change in the rankings. In the latest rankings, the number of supercomputers using IBM processor 93 units, accounting for the proportion of 18.6%, higher than the same period last year, 14.6%, but fell behind the AMD. Strohmaier is expected in the future supercomputer rankings, the number of super computer and Intel AMD processor will further increase, while the number of super computer Power processor will continue to decline, because only IBM using Power processor. However, IBM is the world's largest supercomputer manufacturer, the list of 239 computers from the IBM, including the top ranked blue gene /L (Blue Gene/L). In the list of supercomputers, most still Gigabit Ethernet as a cluster interconnect, a total of 211 computers in this way, but less than half a year ago, the 256. In addition, there are 79 supercomputers using Myrinet interconnection, less than half a year ago, the 87 units. In contrast, the use of Infiniband interconnection supercomputer from six months ago to 87 units to 36 units.