Hong Kong SuperComputing Directory, December 2003

Rank

Installation Site

Machine Name

Vendor/Integrator

Year Installed

Field of Application

Number of Processor

Linpack Performance(Gflops)

Peak Performance(Gflops)

Efficiency

1

Computer Centre, The University of Hong Kong

Dual Intel Xeon 2.8 GHz /Gb Ethernet

IBM

2003

Teaching and Research support in University

258

638.8

1433.6

0.45

2

HPCCC, Hong Kong Baptist University

Tdgrocks /Dual P4-Xeon/2.8GHz/ Gb Ethernet

Dell

2003

Scientific Computing

128

383.2

716.8

0.53

3

Department of Computer Science and Information Systems, HKU

Gideon 300/Pentium 4/2GHz / Fast Ethernet

Self-made

2002

Research

300

355.5

1200

0.30

4

Cluster Technology

Tachyon/Dual P4 Xeon/ 2.6GHz /Myrinet 2000

Cluster Technology

2002

HPC consulting

64

201.9

332.8

0.61

5

Physics Department, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Dual AMD Opteron 240 1.4GHz/Myrinet 2000

NIX Digital Service Ltd

2003

Computational Physics

64

137.2

179.2

0.77

6

Hong Kong Observatory

IBM SP / POWER 3-II / 375 MHz / SP switch

ELM Computer Technologies Limited

2001

Meteorological data processing, database operation, numerical modelling

44

46.9§

66

0.71§

7

Computer Center, The University of Hong Kong

Pentium III/ 1GHz & 800 MHz / Fast Ethernet

HP (Compaq)

2001

Teaching and Research support in University

80

38.4#

76.8

0.5+

8

Hong Kong Observatory

IBM Regatta / POWER 4/ 1.1GHz

ELM Computer Technologies Limited

2003

Weather nowcasting

8

24.64#

35.2

0.7+

9

Hong Kong Observatory

CRAY SV1/300MHz

Silicon Graphics Ltd.

1999

Weather prediction

16

13.44#

19.2

0.7+