HP is the number 1 supercomputing provider?

http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20070627006033&newsLang=en

PALO ALTO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–HP (NYSE:HPQ) today announced that it ranks as the No. 1 supercomputing provider on the TOP500 Supercomputer list,(1) which catalogs the world’s 500 most powerful installed technical and commercial computer systems.

With 203 entries, representing more than 40 percent of the posted sites, HP has more installations on the TOP500 list than any other vendor.

Due to the strong momentum of the powerful HP BladeSystem c-Class servers, HP increased its share on this exclusive list by nearly 10 percent compared to its November 2006 ranking. HP Cluster Platform 3000BL and 4000BL systems based on HP BladeSystem c-Class servers accounted for 152 entries on the list.

Check this out, granted it’s a statement from HP, but it’s always interesting to see what’s going on, what kind of things HP are up to using blades to deliver a solution for their customers, it mentions a Swedish government agency has deployed 2000 or so C-Class blade cluster, very cool.

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