] TOP500 SUPERCOMPUTER SITES ] ] The TOP500 project was started in 1993 to provide a ] reliable basis for tracking and detecting trends in ] high-performance computing. Twice a year, a list of the ] sites operating the 500 most powerful computer systems is ] assembled and released. The best performance on the ] Linpack benchmark is used as performance measure for ] ranking the computer systems. The list contains a variety ] of information including the system specifications and ] its major application areas. TOP500 Supercomputer sites: |