Companies/Sandia National Laboratories
Albuquerque, NM, USA
Sandia National Laboratories
NNSA laboratory; operator of ASCI Red.
Systems this company appears in
- Systems
- 3
- Aggregate Rmax
- 1.44 TFlop/s
- Aggregate power
- 0 kW
- First appearance
- 1993
- Most recent
- 1999
- Concentration
- 74%
systems it appears in
where disclosed
largest is ASCI Red
Aggregate Rmax is the sum of the systems this company supplies any part of. It is not revenue and not attributable share: an integrator and a memory vendor in the same machine both count its full FLOPS here. Attribution weighted by role is Phase 4.
Role breakdown
| Role | Systems | Rmax in those systems |
|---|---|---|
| Integrator | 1 | 232.6 GFlop/s |
| Operating system | 2 | 1.21 TFlop/s |
Appearances
| System | Supplied as | Shipped under | Rmax | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cplant Siberia USA · 1999 | Integrator | Sandia National Laboratories | 232.6 GFlop/s | #44 November 1999 → |
| ASCI Red USA · 1997-06 | Operating system | Sandia National Laboratories | 1.07 TFlop/s | #1 June 1997 → |
| Intel Paragon XP/S 140 USA · 1993 | Operating system | Sandia National Laboratories | 143.4 GFlop/s | #1 June 1994 → |
Parts supplied
| Part | Category | Generation | Released |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cougar | Operating systems | Cougar | 1997 |
| SUNMOS | Operating systems | SUNMOS | 1993 |
Quantum computers operated
- QSCOUT (Trapped ion, operational, 6 qubits)
Sites operated
| Site | Location | Cooling | Commissioned |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque | Albuquerque, NM, USA | Chilled water | 1990 |
Further reading
Programming a supercomputer
The software stack beneath the application, and why the OS is now a sovereignty signal as much as a technical choice.
Operating a supercomputer
Acceptance testing, why "installed" and "in production" are six months apart, and the machine lifecycle.
Power and cooling
The substation, the heat rejection plant, and the constraint that actually binds.