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Report: IBM Supercomputers Are Most Energy Efficient in the World

By Guest PostNovember 19, 2010Technologybladecenter, blue gene, China, dona crawford, energy-efficient, green500, green500 list, high-performance computing, hpc, hybrid clusters, ibm, ibm next generation blue gene supercomputer, particle physics, qcd, quantum chromodynamics, rick stevens, supercomputers, system x idataplex

*Next Generation Blue Gene prototype judged most efficient by Green500.org*

ARMONK, N.Y., – 19 Nov 2010: IBM supercomputers are the most energy efficient supercomputers in the world, according to the latest Supercomputing ‘Green500 List’ announced by Green500.org. A prototype of IBM’s next generation Blue Gene supercomputer is #1 on the list.

The list shows that 15 of the top 25 most energy efficient supercomputers in the world are built on IBM high-performance computing technology. The list includes supercomputers from China to Germany and the United States that are being used for a variety of applications such as astronomy, climate prediction and pharmaceutical research. IBM also holds over half of the top 100 positions on this list. (more…)

IBM Sets Benchmark Record for x86-64 Transaction Processing, Bests HP by 27%

By Guest PostNovember 17, 2010Technologyalex yost, bladecenter, boyd davis, ibm, ibm system x, ibm system x3850 x5 server, intel, max5, max5 memory scaling technology, memory capacity, performance, processor, tpc-c benchmark, tpmc, transactions per minute c, vic verola, x86-64 processor-based server

ARMONK, N.Y. – 18 Nov 2010: IBM said today it scored the highest TPC-C benchmark performance result ever achieved by an x86-64 processor-based server. The IBM System x3850 X5 server handled 2,308,099 tpmC (transactions per minute C) at price/performance of $.64 USD / tpmC. (1)

Running on the latest Intel® Xeon® 7500 Series processor, and equipped with IBM’s MAX5 technology, the System x3850 X5 showed a 27% performance boost over HP’s result of 1,807,347 tpmC.(2)

The new result demonstrates the leadership performance that is possible with MAX5, an industry-first technology that decouples memory from the processor allowing memory to be expanded independently of the processor to increase the productivity of a single system. By increasing the memory capacity of the x3850 X5 by 50%, MAX5 allows the system to process more transactions per minute. (more…)

Romanian National Computing Initiative Selects IBM

By Guest PostNovember 3, 2010Technologyaerolink, bladecenter, computing initiative, computing initiative (rogrid), doina banciu, mihail tudor, romania's national, technical university of cluj-napoca, university of craiova, western university of timisoara

Leading Romanian Universities and Research Organizations Connected Through Cloud Computing Technologies from IBM

BUCHAREST, Romania, – 03 Nov 2010: IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced it has been selected a RoGrid will use 286 compute nodes of IBM System x and BladeCenter servers at six Romanian universities that are linked together using cloud computing technologies to provide RoGrid with an overall computing capacity of 25.7 trillion calculations per second and a storage capacity equivalent to the contents of books made from 6.5 million trees. (more…)

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Report: IBM Supercomputers Are Most Energy Efficient in the World

IBM Sets Benchmark Record for x86-64 Transaction Processing, Bests HP by 27%

Romanian National Computing Initiative Selects IBM