Supercomputers/Systems/Sugon Advanced Computing System PreE
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Sugon Advanced Computing System PreE
Also known as Advanced Computing System (PreE)
Operated by Sugon .
Phase 1 seed dataset, compiled by hand. These rows were built from public operator, laboratory and vendor sources. A mechanical second-reader pass has since fetched every cited source: 1092 of 1153 systems have a readable citation that names them, and 40 are genuinely weakly sourced. Every claim carries its source and a confidence tier. Treat anything below verified as a lead, not a citation.
Measured performance
- Rmax
- 4.33 PFlop/s
- Rpeak
- 6.13 PFlop/s
- Rmax ÷ Rpeak
- 70.6%
- Cores
- 163,840
- Power
- 380 kW
- Per watt
- 11.4 GF/W
Figures are as last publicly reported for the configuration described below, not a live measurement. Where a system was upgraded in place, the post-upgrade configuration is shown and the earlier one appears in the timeline.
What this machine is made of
One row per supplier relationship. “Supplier at build” is the company that shipped the part at the time; where that company has since been acquired, the parent it rolls up to today is shown beside it. That distinction is what makes ticker-level aggregation possible across a thirty-year dataset.
| Role | Part | Supplier at build | Quantity | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Integrator | - Sugon TC8600 system | Sugon | - | Reported | top500.orgtop500.org |
| CPU | Hygon Dhyana CPUs x86-64 · 32C · 2 GHz · 14 nm Hygon Dhyana 32C 2GHz | Hygon | - | Reported | top500.org |
| Interconnect | - 200Gb 6D-Torus interconnect | Sugon | - | Reported | top500.org |
The read
Sugon TC8600 pre-exascale prototype built on Hygon Dhyana 32-core 2GHz processors with a 200Gb 6D-torus interconnect; 163,840 cores. It entered the November 2018 Green500 in ninth place at 11.382 GFlops/Watt (4.325 PFlop/s Rmax on 380 kW; TOP500 rank 38) and has remained on every TOP500 list since, with unchanged figures, through at least November 2025.
Timeline
Public list appearances
Pointers only: rank and edition, linking to the canonical entry. We do not reproduce list tables. See sourcing policy.
Change history
- 2026-10-07 Added Sugon Advanced Computing System PreE
Source check
We fetched this system's own citations and recorded whether each page actually mentions it. This is a corroboration signal, not a fact check, and it is published so you can see how well the sourcing holds up rather than take it on trust.
| Cited source | Result | Found on the page |
|---|---|---|
| top500.org | names system and part | Hygon Dhyana |
| top500.org | names system and part | Hygon Dhyana |
Checked 2026-10-09 by pnpm verify. Re-run it and the table changes with the web.
Further reading
Operating a supercomputer
Acceptance testing, why "installed" and "in production" are six months apart, and the machine lifecycle.
Inside a node
Latency-optimised versus throughput-optimised processors, NUMA, and the end of the host-to-device copy.
The interconnect
Topologies, why latency and tail behaviour matter more than bandwidth, and how the fabric market consolidated.