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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2006-04-25
I never knew that so many supercomputers used linux. Linux may be losing market share in small servers (though I'm skeptical) but it's obviously gained in the large system market. On the other hand, I wonder why not many rum BSD?
There is a direct correlation between the hardware vendor and the software run on the system. All of the big iron vendors are either offering their aging proprietary systems or linux.
BSD is more commonly used by small hardware vendors, the sort who sell networking equipment (firewalls, routers and such).