hulkaros
The Incredible...
Here:
http://www.top500.org/lists/2003/11/top5.php
The highlights from there:
"The Earth Simulator, built by NEC, remains the unchallenged #1.
ASCI Q at Los Alamos is still #2 at 13.88 TFlop/s.
The third system ever to exceed the 10 TFflop/s mark is Virgina Tech's X measured at 10.28 TFlop/s. This cluster is built with the Apple G5 as building blocks and is often referred to as the 'SuperMac' in media reports. It uses a Mellanox network based on the new Infinband technology as interconnect.
The fourth system is also a cluster. The Tungsten cluster at NCSA is a Dell PowerEdge-based system using a Myrinet interconnect. It just missed the 10 TFlop/s mark with a measured 9.82 TFlop/s.
The list of clusters in the TOP10 continues with the upgraded Itanium2-based Hewlett-Packard system, located at DOE's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, which uses a Quadrics interconnect.
#6 is the first system in the TOP500 based on AMD's Opteron chip. It was installed by Linux Networx at the Los Alamos National Laboratory and also uses a Myrinet interconnect.
The list of cluster systems in the TOP10 has grown impressively to seven systems. The Earth Simulator and the two IBM SP systems at Lawrence Livermore and Lawrence Berkeley national labs are the other three systems.
With the exception of the leading Earth Simulator, all other TOP10 systems are installed in the U.S.
The performance of the #10 system jumped to 6.6 TFlop/s. "
Big Mac even beats the 1450 Dual Xeon/3GHz based Dell PowerEdge 1750 which is the 4th beast of that list and runs Linux of course instead of that eXPensive Server OS 2003!
Even though Big Mac wins by a mere 0.461 TFlops is a win nevertheless
Especially at the cost area methinks 
http://www.top500.org/lists/2003/11/top5.php
The highlights from there:
"The Earth Simulator, built by NEC, remains the unchallenged #1.
ASCI Q at Los Alamos is still #2 at 13.88 TFlop/s.
The third system ever to exceed the 10 TFflop/s mark is Virgina Tech's X measured at 10.28 TFlop/s. This cluster is built with the Apple G5 as building blocks and is often referred to as the 'SuperMac' in media reports. It uses a Mellanox network based on the new Infinband technology as interconnect.
The fourth system is also a cluster. The Tungsten cluster at NCSA is a Dell PowerEdge-based system using a Myrinet interconnect. It just missed the 10 TFlop/s mark with a measured 9.82 TFlop/s.
The list of clusters in the TOP10 continues with the upgraded Itanium2-based Hewlett-Packard system, located at DOE's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, which uses a Quadrics interconnect.
#6 is the first system in the TOP500 based on AMD's Opteron chip. It was installed by Linux Networx at the Los Alamos National Laboratory and also uses a Myrinet interconnect.
The list of cluster systems in the TOP10 has grown impressively to seven systems. The Earth Simulator and the two IBM SP systems at Lawrence Livermore and Lawrence Berkeley national labs are the other three systems.
With the exception of the leading Earth Simulator, all other TOP10 systems are installed in the U.S.
The performance of the #10 system jumped to 6.6 TFlop/s. "
Big Mac even beats the 1450 Dual Xeon/3GHz based Dell PowerEdge 1750 which is the 4th beast of that list and runs Linux of course instead of that eXPensive Server OS 2003!
Even though Big Mac wins by a mere 0.461 TFlops is a win nevertheless
Especially at the cost area methinks 