AMD-powered El Capitan is now the world’s fastest supercomputer with 1.7 exaflops of performance — fastest Intel machine falls to third place on Top500 list

AMD and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory announced today that the AMD-powered El Capitan has taken the top spot on the semi-annual Top500 list as the fastest-known supercomputer on the planet with 1.7 exaflops of performance. 

AMD and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory announced today that the AMD-powered El Capitan has taken the top spot on the semi-annual Top500 list as the fastest-known supercomputer on the planet with 1.7 exaflops of performance.