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Image Gallery: The Government's 10 Most Powerful Supercomputers

The United States government owns many of the most powerful supercomputers in the world, including six of the top ten. These supercomputers are being used for everything from climate modeling to building spaceships to basic science research.
J. Nicholas Hoover
Senior Editor, InformationWeek Government
April 29, 2010
Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Jaguar is the most powerful supercomputer in the world.
Los Alamos National Laboratory's Roadrunner is the second-most powerful supercomputer on the Top500.
NASA Ames Research Center's Pleiades comes in at number 6 on the most recent Top500.
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's Blue Gene/L was the most powerful supercomputer in the world when it was launched.
Argonne National Laboratory's Blue Gene/P is the second Blue Gene supercomputer on the list.
Sandia National Laboratory's Red Sky comes in at number 10 on the Top500 list.
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's Dawn is the 11th most powerful supercomputer in the world.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's Franklin, 15th on the Top500, peaks at 356 TFlops.
Sandia National Laboratory's Red Storm was built in 2004.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Diamond is the 10th most powerful government supercomputer.
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