10 Fastest Supercomputers In The World
#5 Mira
Country: U.S.
Site: DOE/SC/Argonne National Laboratory
Manufacturer: IBM
Cores: 786,432
Linpack Performance (Rmax): 8,586.6 TFlop/s
Theoretical Peak (Rpeak): 10,066.3 TFlop/s
Power: 3,945.00 kW
Interconnect: Custom Interconnect
Operating System: Linux
The supercomputer was constructed by IBM for Argonne National Laboratory's Argonne Leadership Computing Facility with the support of the United States Department of Energy.Mira is used for scientific research, including studies in the fields of material science, climatology, seismology, and computational chemistry.
#4 K Computer
Country: Japan
Site: RIKEN Advanced Institute for Computational Science (AICS)
Manufacturer: Fujitsu
Cores: 705,024
Linpack Performance (Rmax): 10,510.0 TFlop/s
Theoretical Peak (Rpeak): 11,280.4 TFlop/s
Power: 12,659.89 kW
Memory: 1,410,048 GB
Interconnect: Custom Interconnect
Operating System: LinuxThe K computer – named for the Japanese word "kei" meaning 10 quadrillion and is manufactured by Fujitsu, currently installed at the RIKEN Advanced Institute for Computational Science campus in Kobe, Japan. This supercomputer does researches in the areas pertaining to disaster prevention, climate change, and meteorology.
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