Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 13th Nov 2007 16:17 UTC, submitted by diegocg
The twice-yearly TOP500 list of the world's fastest supercomputers is expected to become an hot topic of discussion as the latest list shows five new entrants in the Top 10, which is a big turnover and shows how active the supercomputer market is. 71% Of the supercomputers now use Intel processors, a big grow from 58% 6 months ago. Linux monopolizes the OS area with 85% of the supercomputers (77% 6 months ago) using Linux-based operative systems.
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The complete OS statistics are as follows:
Linux: 426 systems (85.2%)
Mixed: 34 systems (6.8%)
Unix: 30 systems (6%)
Windows: 6 systems (1.2%)
BSD: 2 systems (0.4%)
Mac OS: 2 systems (0.4%)