List of Groupe Bull products

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The following is a list of products from the French-owned computer hardware and software company Groupe Bull.

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Computer hardware

Mobile phones

In October 2013 Groupe Bull introduced the Hoox line of cellular phones with enhanced encryption and biometric authentication targeting security-conscious users. [8]

Models:

Computers on the TOP500 list

As of June 2012 Bull has 16 machines on the TOP500 supercomputer list [10]

RankRmax
Rpeak
(Tflops)
NameComputer
Processor cores
Site
Country, Year
91359
1667
Curie thin nodes Bull bullx B510 blades
77184 (Sandy Bridge), Infiniband
Commissariat à l'énergie atomique
 Flag of France.svg  France, 2012
121237
1524
Helios Bull bullx B510 blades
70560 (Sandy Bridge), Infiniband
ITER
 Flag of Japan.svg  Japan, 2012
171050
1254.55
Tera 100 Bull bullx super-node S6010/S6030
138368 (Beckton), Infiniband
Commissariat à l'énergie atomique
 Flag of France.svg  France, 2010
45360
442
Bull Benchmarks SuperComputer II Bull bullx super-node S6010/S6030
20480 (Sandy Bridge), Infiniband
Groupe Bull
 Flag of France.svg  France, 2012
63274.80
308.28
JUROPA Bull HPC-FF Supercomputer
26304 (Xeon), Infiniband
Jülich Research Centre
 Flag of Germany.svg  Germany, 2009
78219.8
270.5
RWTH Compute Cluster (RCC) Bull bullx B500 blades
25448 (Westmere), Infiniband
RWTH
 Flag of Germany.svg  Germany, 2011
97177.5
203.9
Tera 100 hybrid nodes Bull bullx B505 blades
9440 (Westmere), Infiniband
Commissariat à l'énergie atomique
 Flag of France.svg  France, 2011
115177.5
203.9
Airin Bull bullx B510 blades
9440 (Sandy Bridge), Infiniband
Commissariat à l'énergie atomique
 Flag of France.svg  France, 2012
144124.6
145.15
Blackthorn Bull bullx B500 cluster
12936 (Westmere)
Atomic Weapons Establishment
 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom, 2010
168108.5
130
Titane Bull Novascale R422-E2
11520 (Xeon)
Commissariat à l'énergie atomique
 Flag of France.svg  France, 2009
24487.47
104.6
Layon Bull bullx super-node S6010/S6030
11520 (Xeon)
Groupe Bull
 Flag of France.svg  France, 2010
24557.47
104.42
Curie fat nodes Bull bullx super-node S6010
11520 (Beckton)
Commissariat à l'énergie atomique
 Flag of France.svg  France, 2010
24585.9
100.17
Cheops Bull bullx Blade/Supernode
9376 (Xeon)
University of Cologne
 Flag of Germany.svg  Germany, 2010

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