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Roadrunner (supercomputer)

Roadrunner was a supercomputer built by IBM for the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, USA. The US$100-million Roadrunner was designed for a peak performance of 1.7 petaflops. It achieved 1.026 petaflops on May 25, 2008, to become the world's first TOP500 LINPACK sustained 1.0 petaflops system.

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Location
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Active
Operational in 2008 Final completion in 2009
Architecture
12,960 IBM PowerXCell 8i CPUs, 6,480 AMD Opteron dual-core processors, InfiniBand
Cost
US$100 million (equivalent to $150 million in 2025)
Legacy
First TOP500 Linpack sustained 1.0 petaflops, May 25, 2008
Memory
103.6 TiB

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Roadrunner (supercomputer)

Nodes47
Edges46
Triples16
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.042553
Components1

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Roadrunner (supercomputer)

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Active · 1
Roadrunner (supercomputer) → Operational in 2008 Final completion in 2009
Architecture · 1
Roadrunner (supercomputer) → 12,960 IBM PowerXCell 8i CPUs, 6,480 AMD Opteron dual-core processors, InfiniBand
Cost · 1
Roadrunner (supercomputer) → US$100 million (equivalent to $150 million in 2025)
Legacy · 1
Roadrunner (supercomputer) → First TOP500 Linpack sustained 1.0 petaflops, May 25, 2008
Location · 1
Roadrunner (supercomputer) → Los Alamos National Laboratory
Memory · 1
Roadrunner (supercomputer) → 103.6 TiB
Operating system · 1
Roadrunner (supercomputer) → Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Operators · 1
Roadrunner (supercomputer) → National Nuclear Security Administration
Power · 1
Roadrunner (supercomputer) → 2.35 MW
Purpose · 1
Roadrunner (supercomputer) → Modeling the decay of the U.S. nuclear arsenal

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roadrunner opteron processors supercomputer los alamos used architecture hybrid system petaflops design powerxcell infiniband 2008 ibm cell connected one dual-core

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Roadrunner (supercomputer)ActiveOperational in 2008 Final completion in 20091.00infobox
Roadrunner (supercomputer)Architecture12,960 IBM PowerXCell 8i CPUs, 6,480 AMD Opteron dual-core processors, InfiniBand1.00infobox
Roadrunner (supercomputer)CostUS$100 million (equivalent to $150 million in 2025)1.00infobox
Roadrunner (supercomputer)LegacyFirst TOP500 Linpack sustained 1.0 petaflops, May 25, 20081.00infobox
Roadrunner (supercomputer)LocationLos Alamos National Laboratory1.00infobox
Roadrunner (supercomputer)Memory103.6 TiB1.00infobox
Roadrunner (supercomputer)Operating systemRed Hat Enterprise Linux1.00infobox
Roadrunner (supercomputer)OperatorsNational Nuclear Security Administration1.00infobox
Roadrunner (supercomputer)Power2.35 MW1.00infobox
Roadrunner (supercomputer)PurposeModeling the decay of the U.S. nuclear arsenal1.00infobox
Roadrunner (supercomputer)RankingTOP500: 10, June 20111.00infobox
Roadrunner (supercomputer)Space296 racks, 560 m2 (6,000 sq ft)1.00infobox
Roadrunner (supercomputer)Speed1.042 petaFLOPS1.00infobox
Roadrunner (supercomputer)SponsorsIBM1.00infobox
Roadrunner (supercomputer)Storage1,000,000 TiB1.00infobox
Roadrunner (supercomputer)Websitewww.lanl.gov/roadrunner/[dead link]1.00infobox

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