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Roadrunner (supercomputer): Technical specifications, Overview & Hybrid design

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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Roadrunner (supercomputer) topic overview

The analysis highlights Technical specifications, Overview and Hybrid design as prominent areas in the source structure around Roadrunner (supercomputer).

Related topics
42
Source areas
4
Connected nodes
46
Extracted relationships
16
Concept neighborhoods
21
Bridge connections
46

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Overview · 20 topics
Technical specifications · 12 topics
Hybrid design · 9 topics
Development · 1 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

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

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Hybrid design

Development

Technical specifications

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Roadrunner (supercomputer) connects Entity context

The extracted context around Roadrunner (supercomputer) shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Roadrunner (supercomputer) → Operational in 2008 Final completion in 2009 Another extracted example is Roadrunner (supercomputer) → 12,960 IBM PowerXCell 8i CPUs, 6,480 AMD Opteron dual-core processors, InfiniBand. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Roadrunner (supercomputer)

Top relations

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

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

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

Roadrunner (supercomputer) relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 16 structured relationships around Roadrunner (supercomputer). Examples in this analysis include Roadrunner (supercomputer) → Active → Operational in 2008 Final completion in 2009 and Roadrunner (supercomputer) → Architecture → 12,960 IBM PowerXCell 8i CPUs, 6,480 AMD Opteron dual-core processors, InfiniBand. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

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

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Roadrunner (supercomputer) bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Alamos, Los and Hybrid. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Roadrunner (supercomputer)
    • Alamos
    • Los
    • Hybrid
    • Laboratory
    • Processors
    • Ibm
    • National
    • Opteron
    • Supercomputer
    • Cluster
    • One
    • Phase
  • roadrunner (supercomputer)
    • Alamos
    • Los
    • Hybrid
    • Laboratory
    • Processors
    • Ibm
    • National
    • Opteron
    • Supercomputer
    • Cluster
    • One
    • Phase
  • ibm
    • 8i
    • Infiniband
    • Amd
    • Tib
    • Powerxcell
    • Laboratory
    • Dual-core
    • National
    • Processors
    • Opteron
    • Roadrunner
    • Connected
  • los alamos national laboratory
    • Alamos
    • Los
    • Laboratory
    • National
    • Phase
    • Roadrunner
    • Architecture
    • Also
    • Ibm
    • Top500
    • Amd
    • Cluster
  • top500
    • Petaflops
    • System
    • Amd
    • Cluster
    • Operational
    • Performance
    • Tib
    • Laboratory
    • Memory
    • Also
    • Dual-core
    • Ibm
  • national nuclear security administration
    • Laboratory
    • Phase
    • Roadrunner
    • Architecture
    • Top500
    • Amd
    • Cluster
    • Operational
    • Tib
    • Memory
    • Also
    • Dual-core
  • powerxcell 8i
    • Powerxcell
    • Dual-core
    • Ibm
    • Processors
    • Amd
    • Ram
    • Tib
    • Memory
    • Opteron
    • Infiniband
    • Processor
    • Two
  • architecture
    • Hybrid
    • Processor
    • Phase
    • One
    • Design
    • System
    • Amd
    • Used
    • Laboratory
    • Processors
    • Dual-core
    • National

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Roadrunner (supercomputer), one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Roadrunner (supercomputer) with Overview. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Roadrunner (supercomputer) — Overview · splits 26 ⟂ 21
Roadrunner (supercomputer) — Technical specifications · splits 34 ⟂ 13
Roadrunner (supercomputer) — Hybrid design · splits 37 ⟂ 10

Map overview Semantic statistics

Roadrunner (supercomputer)

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

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Roadrunner (supercomputer) to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Technical specifications, Overview & Hybrid design, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Roadrunner (supercomputer) · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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