Top 10 Fastest Computer in the World
13/07/11 17:25 Filed in: Computer
The Top 10 Fastest Computer in the World! In a span of two years the capability of the fastest supercomputer in the world has multiplied by 8! Computers have evolved to be part of our everyday lives, and as you read these their capabilities are exponentially growing. However, which are the fastest computers? Well, Numeroten brings you Top 10 Fastest Computers in the World!
FLOPS = Floating Point Operations Per Second
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10. Roadrunner - Developed by IBM - United States 2009 - 1.04 petaflops per second - Based at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
9. Tera 100 - Developed by Bull SA - France 2010 - 1.05 petaflop per second - Based at Commissariat a L'energie Atomique.
8. Hopper - Developed by Cray - United States 2010 - 1.054 petaflop per second - Based at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
7. Pleiades - Developed by SGI - United States 2011 - 1.09 petaflop per second - Based at Ames Research Center.
6. Cielo - Developed by Cray - United States 2010 - 1.11 petaflop per second - Based at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
5. TSUBAME 2.0 - Developed by NEC/HP - Japan 2010 - 1.19 petaflop per second - Based at Tokyo Institute of Technology.
4. Nebulae - Developed by Dawning - China 2010 - 1.27 petaflop per second - Based at National Supercomputing Center at Shenzen.
3. Jaguar - Developed by Cray - United States 2009 - 1.76 petaflop per second - Based at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
2. Tianhe-1A - Developed by NUDT - China 2010 - 2.57 petaflops per second - Based at National Supercomputing Center of Tianjin.
1. K Computer - Developed by Fujitsu - Japan 2011 - 8.16 petaflops per second - Based at RIKEN.
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