NNSA/LLNL Supercomputer Breaks Computing Record: Exceeds 100 Teraflops

PhysOrg, 24 Mar 2005 National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Administrator Linton F. Brooks announced today that a supercomputer developed through the Advanced Simulation and Computing program for NNSA’s Stockpile Stewardship efforts has performed 135.3 trillion floating point operations per second (teraflops) on the industry standard LINPACK benchmark, making it the fastest supercomputer in the world. Read the article