IBM Roadrunner supercomputer
E773457
The IBM Roadrunner supercomputer was a pioneering petascale system that combined Cell Broadband Engine and x86 processors to become the first computer to sustain over one petaflop of performance.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| IBM Roadrunner | 0 |
| IBM supercomputer | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
petascale computer
ⓘ
supercomputer ⓘ |
| achievedMilestone | first computer to sustain over one petaflop ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Roadrunner supercomputer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| architecture | hybrid Cell and x86 architecture ⓘ |
| becameOperational | 2008 ⓘ |
| benchmark | LINPACK NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| city | Los Alamos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | U.S. Department of Energy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 2006 ⓘ |
| cost | approximately 100 million US dollars ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dateReachedTop500Rank1 | June 2008 ⓘ |
| decommissioned | 2013 ⓘ |
| energyEfficiency | about 444 megaflops per watt ⓘ |
| field | high-performance computing ⓘ |
| firstPetaflopDate | May 2008 GENERATED ⓘ |
| firstPetascaleSystem | true GENERATED ⓘ |
| hostInstitution | Los Alamos National Laboratory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| interconnect | InfiniBand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Los Alamos National Laboratory
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New Mexico ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| manufacturer | IBM NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memory | about 103 terabytes ⓘ |
| notableFor | first sustained petaflop performance on LINPACK benchmark ⓘ |
| numberOfNodes | approximately 3,000 compute nodes ⓘ |
| operatingSystem | Linux ⓘ |
| peakPerformance | 1.7 petaflops ⓘ |
| powerConsumption | about 2.35 megawatts ⓘ |
| primaryUser | Los Alamos National Laboratory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| processorType |
Cell Broadband Engine
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
x86-64 ⓘ |
| projectPartner |
IBM
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Los Alamos National Laboratory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| state | New Mexico ⓘ |
| storageCapacity | about 1.7 petabytes ⓘ |
| successorInTop500Rank1 | Cray Jaguar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sustainedPerformance | 1.026 petaflops ⓘ |
| top500List | June 2008 TOP500 list ⓘ |
| top500Rank | 1 ⓘ |
| usedFor |
national security applications
ⓘ
nuclear weapons simulations ⓘ scientific computing ⓘ |
| usedProcessorModel |
AMD Opteron
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
IBM PowerXCell 8i NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.