10 Fastest Supercomputers In The World


#7 JUQUEEN

Country: Germany

Site: Forschungszentrum Juelich (FZJ)

Manufacturer: IBM

Cores: 458,752

Linpack Performance (Rmax): 5,008.9 TFlop/s

Theoretical Peak (Rpeak): 5,872.0 TFlop/s

Power: 2,301.00 kW

Memory: 458,752 GB

Interconnect: Custom Interconnect

Operating System: LinuxThe supercomputer is built in the Jülich Research Centre in Germany. The machine is used for computational science, engineering, climatology, physics, and materials science.

#6 Stampede

Country: U.S.

Site: Texas Advanced Computing Center/Univ. of Texas, Austin

Manufacturer: Dell

Cores: 462,462

Linpack Performance (Rmax): 5,168.1 TFlop/s

Theoretical Peak (Rpeak): 8,520.1 TFlop/s

Power: 4,510.00 kW

Memory: 192,192 GB

Interconnect: Infiniband FDR

Operating System: Linux

Compiler: Intel

Math Library: MKL

MPI: MVAPICH2Stampede, a new addition to the Top 10, is installed at the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TAAC) at the University of Texas in Austin. The supercomputer enable traditional HPC, data-intensive computing, and scientific visualization for scientists in the country.

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