University of Tennessee Professor Jack Dongarra Announces New Supercomputer Benchmark
Wednesday, July 10, 2013 - 08:31
in Mathematics & Economics
The way the power of supercomputers is measured is about to change. Since 1993, Jack Dongarra, distinguished professor of computer science at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, has led the ranking of the world's top 500 supercomputers. The much-celebrated biannual TOP500 list is compiled using Dongarra's benchmark system, called Linpack. But Dongarra says Linpack hasn't kept pace with supercomputing needs and must be updated.