The 37th edition of the Top 500 list of the world’s most powerful supercomputers has just been released . So, we thought of proving our readers with an in-depth knowledge of Top 10 most powerful computers in the world.
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Supercomputers brought in revolution in varied fields like nuclear science, medicine, environment & weather. The computing power of these computers is way beyond your imagination. 😉
10. Cielo – Cray XE6 8-core 2.4 GHz(Cray Inc.)
Details:
System Name: Cielo
System Family: Cray XE
System Model: Cray XE6
Computer: Cray XE6 8-core 2.4 GHz
Vendor: Cray Inc.
Application Area: Research
Installation Year: 2010
Operating System: Linux
Processor: AMD x86_64 Opteron 8 Core 2400 MHz (9.6 GFlop)
Cores: 107152
Rmax(GFlops): 816600
Rpeak(GFlops): 1028659.2
9. JUGENE – Blue Gene/P Solution(IBM)
Details:
System Name: JUGENE
System Family: IBM BlueGene
System Model: BlueGene/P
Computer: Blue Gene/P Solution
Vendor: IBM
Application Area: Research
Installation Year: 2009
Operating System: CNK/SLES 9
Processor: PowerPC 450 850 MHz (3.4 GFlops)
Cores: 294912
Rmax(GFlops): 825500
Rpeak(GFlops): 1002701
