Bangalore: The dependency of the world on technology seems to have reached a stage where the speed of computation and storage capacity of a computer has to be optimum and flawless. Technologists have been working towards building the ultimate computer since decades and have been beating each others’ achievements in quick successions.

At the 2012 International Supercomputing Conference, Germany, IBM's Sequoia was named the world's fastest supercomputer, reports ZDnet. According to BBC, It’s the first time the U.S. has won the top spot since it was beaten by China two years ago.

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The new IBM Blue Gene/Q system

The fastest supercomputer in the world is an IBM Blue Gene/Q model installed at the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration at the Livermore National Laboratory. The computer is rated at 16.32petaflop/sec the Linpack benchmark using 1,572,864 cores. It is said to be 55% faster than the second fastest super computer in the world from Japan.