10 Fastest Supercomputers In The World
#6 SuperMUC
Site: Leibniz Rechenzentrum
Manufacturer: IBM
Country: Germany
Architecture: iDataPlex DX360M4
Processor: Xeon E5-2680 8C 2.70GHz
Cores: 147456
Interconnect: Infiniband FDR
Power: 3422.67 kW
Operating System: Linux
Speed: 2.89 petaflops
Date Created: 2012
The supercomputer is to strengthen the position of Germany's Gauss Centre for Supercomputing in Europe by delivering outstanding compute power and integrating it into the European High Performance Computing ecosystem. With the operation of SuperMUC, LRZ will act as an European Centre for Supercomputing and will be Tier-0 centre of PRACE, the Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe.
#5 JUQUEEN
Site: Forschungszentrum Juelich (FZJ)
Manufacturer: IBM
Country: Germany
Architecture: BlueGene/Q
Processor: Power BQC 16C 1.600GHz
Cores: 393216
Power: 1970.00 kW
Memory: 393216 GB
Interconnect: Custom Interconnect
Operating System: Linux
Speed: 4.14 petaflops
Date Created: 2012
The Jülich Research Centre in Germany is home to the JuQUEEN, which is used for computational science, engineering, climatology, physics, and materials science. The super computer was Ranked No. 8 in June, JUQEEN was upgraded and is now the most powerful system in Europe.