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Global Times | June 21, 2011 04:57
A Japanese machine has become the fastest supercomputer in the world, making calculations three times faster than a Chinese rival, its developers said Monday.
The K Computer, developed by Fujitsu and the state-funded RIKEN institute of physical and chemical research, has achieved 8.162 quadrillion calculations per second (petaflops), they said. One quadrillion is made up of a thousand trillions.
It overtook China's Tianhe-1A of the National Supercomputing Center in Tianjin, which became the world No. 1 in November and is capable of operating at 2.6 petaflops.
The K Computer's performance was recognized by the authoritative biannual Top 500 List of Supercomputers released Monday at the 2011 International Supercomputing Conference in Hamburg, Germany, Fujitsu and RIKEN said in a statement.
This has been the first Japanese supercomputer to claim the top spot since 2004. NEC's Earth Simulator reigned supreme from June 2002 to November 2004.
The machine is still being configured and has been assembled since October 2010 at the RIKEN Advanced Institute for Computational Science in Kobe, western Japan. It is targeted to be completed by June 2012, the statement said.
It is made up of 672 computer cabinets equipped with a current total of 68,544 CPUs, Fujitsu and RIKEN said.
http://www.globaltimes.cn/NEWS/tabi...becomes-fastest-that-world-has-ever-seen.aspx
A Japanese machine has become the fastest supercomputer in the world, making calculations three times faster than a Chinese rival, its developers said Monday.
The K Computer, developed by Fujitsu and the state-funded RIKEN institute of physical and chemical research, has achieved 8.162 quadrillion calculations per second (petaflops), they said. One quadrillion is made up of a thousand trillions.
It overtook China's Tianhe-1A of the National Supercomputing Center in Tianjin, which became the world No. 1 in November and is capable of operating at 2.6 petaflops.
The K Computer's performance was recognized by the authoritative biannual Top 500 List of Supercomputers released Monday at the 2011 International Supercomputing Conference in Hamburg, Germany, Fujitsu and RIKEN said in a statement.
This has been the first Japanese supercomputer to claim the top spot since 2004. NEC's Earth Simulator reigned supreme from June 2002 to November 2004.
The machine is still being configured and has been assembled since October 2010 at the RIKEN Advanced Institute for Computational Science in Kobe, western Japan. It is targeted to be completed by June 2012, the statement said.
It is made up of 672 computer cabinets equipped with a current total of 68,544 CPUs, Fujitsu and RIKEN said.
http://www.globaltimes.cn/NEWS/tabi...becomes-fastest-that-world-has-ever-seen.aspx