Top500 November ’17
So the November edition of the Top500 supercomputer list is now out, and I thought I would revisit my post from June and see where things stack up compared to that issue. From the looks of things most of the movement was introduced by the additions of new systems bumping other systems, ie Titan’s drop to number 5 or nVidia’s new entry. NOAA has two new systems on the list, but I marked them with the ** as I don’t know that these systems are used for meteorology like the other 4 on the list.
| June Ranking | June TFlop | Nov. Ranking | Nov. TFlop | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK Meteorological Office | 11 | 7038.9 | 15 | 7038.9 |
| National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) – USA (Cheyenne) | 22 | 4788.2 | 24 | 4788.2 |
| ECMWF – UK | 25 | 3944.7 | 28 | 3944.7 |
| ECMWF – UK | 26 | 3944.7 | 27 | 3944.7 |
| UK Meteorological Office | 42 | 2801.8 | 47 | 2801.8 |
| UK Meteorological Office | 43 | 2801.8 | 46 | 2801.8 |
| Korea Meteorological Administration – South Korea (Miri) | 53 | 2395.7 | 58 | 2395.7 |
| Korea Meteorological Administration – South Korea (Nuri) | 54 | 2395.7 | 57 | 2395.7 |
| Meteo France | 57 | 2168.0 | 61 | 2168.0 |
| Meteo France | 58 | 2157.4 | 62 | 2157.4 |
| NOAA – USA (Surge) | 74 | 1635.0 | 81 | 1635.0 |
| NOAA – USA (Luna) | 75 | 1635.0 | 80 | 1635.0 |
| National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) – USA (Yellowstone) | 92 | 1257.6 | 106 | 1257.6 |
| Meteorological Research Institute, Japan Meteorological Agency | 142 | 989.6 | 185 | 989.6 |
| National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) – USA (Tide) | 273 | 705.9 | 378 | 705.9 |
| National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) – USA (Gyre) | 274 | 705.9 | 379 | 705.9 |
| ‘Meteorological Service’ – China | 363 | 555.3 | 493 | 555.3 |
| China Meteorological Administration | 494 | 434.8 | — | — |
| China Meteorological Administration | 495 | 434.8 | — | — |
| **NOAA – USA (Mars) | 131 | 1121.1 | ||
| **NOAA – USA (Venus) | 132 | 1121.1 | ||
| Non-Weather (Reference) | ||||
| Oak Ridge National Laboratory – USA (Titan) | 4 | 17590.0 | 5 | 17590.0 |
| Facebook – USA | 31 | 3307.0 | 35 | 3307.0 |
| NVIDIA – USA (DGX Saturn V) | 32 | 3307.0 | 36 | 3307.0 |
| NVIDIA – USA (DGX SaturnV Volta) | 149 | 1070.0 | ||
| WETA Digital (SFX Company) – New Zealand | 367 | 549.1 | 498 | 549.1 |