From: tcmay@netcom.com (Timothy C. May) (by way of tcmay@netcom.com (Timothy C. May))
Date: Sat, 2 Jul 94 23:43:40 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: NSA and CSS Computer Resources
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Earlier I mentioned the list of supercomputer installations that Gunter
Ahrendt maintains and I included a few (dated) excerpts. Well, tonight I
found a new version posted.

I'm only including the top handful of sites.

Not reported are installations in non-U.S. intelligence agencies, such as
Chobetsu, SDECE, Mossad, BND, etc. They probably don't have Crays,
Connection Machines, or Paragons.

I'll also edit the intro material a bit. The sites are ranked in order of
what I'd call "Cray equivalents," where the Cray Y-MP/1 is rated at 1. For
example, the top-ranked site has the estimated equivalent of 380 Cray
Y-MP/1s.

--Tim May


From: gunter@yarrow.wt.uwa.edu.au (Gunter Ahrendt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.super
Subject: JUL-1994 List of the world's most powerful computing sites
Date: 3 Jul 94 01:37:07 GMT
Organization: The University of Western Australia
Message-ID: <gunter.773199427@yarrow>

        03-JUL-1994 List of the world's most powerful computing sites
        =============================================================
  (available by fingering me, joining my mailing list or in comp.sys.super)

    ....
        Ratings are ratios to a Cray Y-MP/1 based on NASA NPB BT Size A
benchmark reports. Figures prefixed '~' denote approximations usually
based on comparable programs, figures suffixed '?' denote relative guesses
based on Intel iPSC/860 peak Gflops ratios.
        The current minimum performance for inclusion is a benchmarked rating
of 4 BT, or 10.56 Gflops peak for unbenchmarked systems.
...

1) 380.82 - (27-JUN-1994) [NAL]
        National Aerospace Lab,Chofu-shi,Tokyo,Japan,
        nahirose@asuka.aerospace-lab.go.jp
        1) NAL NWT 2/140        ~357    (5.1 @ 2 cpus)
        2) Intel Paragon-336      18.38 (7 @ 128 cpus)
        3) Fujitsu VP2600/10    ~  5.44

2) 196.1 - (APR-1994) [CSS]
        Central Security Service,National Security Agency Headquarters,Fort
        George G Meade,Maryland,US,postmaster@dockmaster.ncsc.mil
        1)  TMC CM-5/512                   44.8 (2.8 @ 32 cpus)
        2)  Cray C916-1024                 35.52 = 2.22 * 16 cpus
        3)  Cray C916-1024                 35.52 = 2.22 * 16 cpus
        4)  Cray C916-1024                 35.52 = 2.22 * 16 cpus
        5)  Cray Y-MP/8E-256                8    = 1 * 8 cpus
        6)  Cray Y-MP/8E-256                8    = 1 * 8 cpus
        7)  Cray Y-MP/8E-256                8    = 1 * 8 cpus
        8)  Cray Y-MP/8E-256                8    = 1 * 8 cpus
        9)  Cray M98-4096               ~   7.01
        10) Cray 3/2-64 [-4Q96]             5.73?
        11) NSA SMPP-2/2M [+4Q96]        7407.05?

3) 146.41 - (10-JUN-1994) [LANL]
        Los Alamos National Labs,Los Alamos,New Mexico,US,iaa@lanl.gov
        1) TMC CM-5/1056-32 [-4Q94]      92.4   (2.8 @ 32 cpus)
        2) Cray T3D SC128-8/3-64         15     (12 @ 128 cpus + 1 * 3 cpus)
        3) Cray Y-MP/8-128                8    = 1 * 8 cpus
        4) Cray Y-MP/8-128                8    = 1 * 8 cpus
        5) Cray Y-MP/8-64                 8    = 1 * 8 cpus
        6) Cray Y-MP/8-32                 8    = 1 * 8 cpus
        7) Cray M98-2048                ~ 7.01
        8) TMC CM-5/1056-128 [+4Q94]     92.4   (2.8 @ 32 cpus)

4) 142.08 - (10-JUN-1994) [NSA]
        National Security Agency,Dallas,Texas,US,postmaster@dockmaster.ncsc.mil
        1) Cray C916-512                35.52 = 2.22 * 16 cpus
        2) Cray C916-512                35.52 = 2.22 * 16 cpus
        3) Cray C916-512                35.52 = 2.22 * 16 cpus
        4) Cray C916-512                35.52 = 2.22 * 16 cpus
        5) Cray C916-1024 [+2Q95]       35.52 = 2.22 * 16 cpus
        6) Cray C916-1024 [+2Q95]       35.52 = 2.22 * 16 cpus
        7) Cray C916-1024 [+2Q95]       35.52 = 2.22 * 16 cpus
        8) Cray C916-512 [+2Q95]        35.52 = 2.22 * 16 cpus

5) 112.97 - (16-JUN-1994) [CRI]
        Cray Research Computer Network,Eagan,Minnesota,US,root@cray.com
        1)  Cray C916-256                 35.52  = 2.22 * 16 cpus
        2)  Cray T3D 256                  24      (12 @ 128 cpus)
        3)  Cray Y-MP/8E-128               8     = 1 * 8 cpus
        4)  Cray Y-MP/8D-128               8     = 1 * 8 cpus
        5)  Cray Y-MP/8D-64                8     = 1 * 8 cpus
        6)  Cray Y-MP/8D-32                8     = 1 * 8 cpus
        7)  Cray M98-4096               ~  7.01
        8)  Cray Y-MP8I/6-64               6     = 1 * 6 cpus
        9)  Cray C92A-128                  4.44  = 2.22 * 2 cpus
        10) Cray Y-MP/4E-64                4     = 1 * 4 cpus
        11) Cray T91 [+1Q95]               4.44?
        12) Cray T3D 1024A [+4Q96]       204.8 ?
        13) Cray T932 [+4Q96]            142.08?
        14) Cray T3D 1024B [+4Q99]       640   ?

6) 106 - (20-MAY-1994) [SANDIA]
        Sandia National Labs,Albuquerque,New Mexico,US,arbreck@sandia.gov
        1) Intel Paragon-1840   98       (7 @ 128 cpus)
        2) Cray Y-MP/8-64        8      = 1 * 8 cpus

7) 104.38 - (29-JUN-1994) [MSCI]
        Minnesota Supercomputer Center,Minneapolis,Minnesota,US,consult@msc.edu
        1) TMC CM-5/896VU               78.4   (2.8 @ 32 cpus)
        2) Cray C916/9-512              19.98 = 2.22 * 9 cpus
        3) Cray T3D 64 [-4Q94]           6
        4) Cray T3D 128 [+4Q94]         12

8) 98.4 - (02-JUN-1994) [ATP]
        Angstrom Technology Partnership,Tsukuba,Japan,sato@jrcat.or.jp
        1) Fujitsu VPP500/32    76.8    (4.8 @ 2 cpus)
        2) TMC CM-5E/128        21.6    (5.4 @ 32 cpus)

9) 83.52 - (17-JUN-1994) [PSC]
        Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center,Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania,US,
        remarks@psc.edu
        1) Cray T3D 512         48     (12 @ 128 cpus)
        2) Cray C916-512        35.52 = 2.22 * 16 cpus

10) 82.4 - (10-JUN-1994) [CALTECH]
        Caltech,Pasadena,California,US,goss@delilah.ccsf.caltech.edu
        1) Intel Paragon-555             30.35  (7 @ 128 cpus)
        2) Intel Touchstone Delta-513   ~28.05  (7 @ 128 cpus)
        3) Cray T3D 256                  24     (12 @ 128 cpus)

11) 81.55 - (21-JUN-1994) [LLNL]
        Lawrence Livermore National Labs,Livermore,California,US,
        seager@llnl.gov
        1) Cray C916-256                          35.52  = 2.22 * 16 cpus
        2) Meiko CS-2/256-512VU [-4Q96]         ~ 24      (1.5 @ 16 cpus)
        3) Cray Y-MP/8-128                         8     = 1 * 8 cpus
        4) Cray Y-MP/8-64                          8     = 1 * 8 cpus
        5) Cray 2S/8-128                           6.03?
        6) Cray T3D SC128-8/3-64 [+3Q94]          15      (12 @ 128+1 * 3 cpus)
        7) Meiko CS-2/1280-2560VU [+4Q96]       ~120      (1.5 @ 16 cpus)

12) 77.31 - (07-APR-1994) [TSUKUBA]
        Uni of Tsukuba,Ibaraki,Japan,root@ume.cc.tsukuba.ac.jp
        1) Fujitsu VPP500/30                     72     (4.8 @ 2 cpus)
        2) Tsukuba QCDPAX-480                     5.31?
        3) Tsukuba CP-PACS/1024 [+3Q96]         113.68?

13) 75.44 - (25-JUN-1994) [NAS]
        NAS,NASA Ames Research Center,Mountain View,California,US,
        jet@nas.nasa.gov
        1) Cray C916-1024                35.52 = 2.22 * 16 cpus
        2) Cray C98-128                  17.76 = 2.22 * 8 cpus
        3) TMC CM-5/128VU-32/256         11.2   (2.8 @ 32 cpus)
        4) Intel Paragon-204             11.16  (7 @ 128 cpus)
        5) IBM 9076 SP2/160 [+3Q94]     ~63.8   (3.19 @ 8 cpus)