New Petaflop Machine Joins Roadrunner on Top500; Four Life-Science Systems Make List

Nov 21, 2008

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The second supercomputer to break the petaflop barrier has joined Los Alamos National Laboratory’s IBM “Roadrunner” system atop the most recent Top500 list of the world’s fastest supercomputers.

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