A side note on performance

[William H. Magill]

On 29 Sep, 2004, at 13:34, Richard Irving wrote:
>  http://top500.org/list/2004/06/
>
> Shoot, the AlphaServer SC45 slipped to third fastest Super Computing
> Platform in the World in 2004.
>
>   They are starting to catch up to her, in her OLD AGE.

What happened to the Virgina Polytech Super Computer?

It passed the 10T flop rating in June of 2003 making it the 3rd fastest 
(right behind the SC45) back then?

http://www.top500.org/lists/2003/11/press-release.php

Aha... I see. They were upgrading the hardware and weren't in the June 
list.
One assumes that they will be back in the November list.

http://www.top500.org/   (see the FAQ on the June 2004 list.)

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