IBM Blue Gene
Series of supercomputers by IBM / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Blue Gene was an IBM project aimed at designing supercomputers that can reach operating speeds in the petaFLOPS (PFLOPS) range, with low power consumption.
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Developer | IBM |
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Type | Supercomputer platform |
Release date | BG/L: Feb 1999 (Feb 1999) BG/P: June 2007 BG/Q: Nov 2011 |
Discontinued | 2015 (2015) |
CPU | BG/L: PowerPC 440 BG/P: PowerPC 450 BG/Q: PowerPC A2 |
Predecessor | IBM RS/6000 SP; QCDOC |
Successor | IBM PERCS |
The project created three generations of supercomputers, Blue Gene/L, Blue Gene/P, and Blue Gene/Q. During their deployment, Blue Gene systems often led the TOP500[1] and Green500[2] rankings of the most powerful and most power-efficient supercomputers, respectively. Blue Gene systems have also consistently scored top positions in the Graph500 list.[3] The project was awarded the 2009 National Medal of Technology and Innovation.[4]
As of 2015, IBM appears to have ended development of the Blue Gene family, though no formal announcement has been made.[5] IBM has since focused its supercomputer efforts on the OpenPower platform, using accelerators such as FPGAs and GPUs to address the diminishing returns of Moore's law.[6]