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Two of the world's five fastest supercomputers use Force10 ethernet switches and routers
Force10 Networks has said that its Ethernet switch/router space solutions contribute to the network performance of two of the world's top five most powerful supercomputers.
The company said that the two supercomputers concerned appear in the most recent Top500.org list. The third-ranked supercomputer worldwide, Roadrunner, at the Los Alamos National Laboratory and Germany's Forschungszentrum Juelich Jugene supercomputer, which is ranked fifth, both make use of Force10 E-Series switch/router to provide a dynamic connectivity to the supercomputer's high speed Ethernet networks.
Force10 also said that its switch/router solutions provide 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10 GbE) interconnect functionality to Europe's fastest supercomputer, Jugene, at Germany's Forschungszentrum Juelich facility where the Force10 E-Series E1200 with more than 200 10 GbE ports is deployed.
The Top500 project was started in 1993 to provide a reliable basis for tracking and detecting trends in high performance computing. Supercomputers are ranked twice a year based on performance.
