At the International Supercomputing Conference, AMD announced that AMD Opteron processors continue to power many of the highest-performing supercomputers in the world, including the top two overall. AMD Opteron processor highlights from the latest Top 500 Supercomputer Sites list include:

1. For the third straight time, the AMD Opteron processor helps power the number one “Roadrunner” supercomputer;
2. The Cray “Jaguar” supercomputer based on Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors at Oak Ridge National Labs is number two;
3. AMD is utilized in nine of the top 20 supercomputers, more than any other processor provider;
4. Four of the top 10 supercomputers use AMD Opteron processors;
5. The AMD Opteron processor powers 20 Cray supercomputers, including six in the top 25;
6. The recently launched Six-Core AMD Opteron processor (formerly code-named “Istanbul”) has already appeared in two Cray XT5 supercomputers;
7. “Ranger” at the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) is number eight.