The Fastest Super Computer: Fujitsu K computer

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /> <h3 class="post-title entry-title"> The Fastest Super Computer: Fujitsu K computer </h3><div class="post-header"><div class="post-header-line-1"><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-7773113536081956101"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgndJBb9W72g-hIT0n3ahSa478voxDaUMWyO1NUNSJTZpQNfZm9bFWv9QrRrPmaMR6SnLreX_u-LPpmupRW7iQ6ORN3zaybn9w1NG9Mr7t6lo_cCI1UPK-rz99MCqaMcyvjDaVL1Sp6b43s/s1600/k-fujitsu-supercom_1925177c.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649138438505991714" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgndJBb9W72g-hIT0n3ahSa478voxDaUMWyO1NUNSJTZpQNfZm9bFWv9QrRrPmaMR6SnLreX_u-LPpmupRW7iQ6ORN3zaybn9w1NG9Mr7t6lo_cCI1UPK-rz99MCqaMcyvjDaVL1Sp6b43s/s320/k-fujitsu-supercom_1925177c.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; height: 200px; width: 320px;" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">K, built by Fujitsu and located at the Riken Advanced Institute for Computational Science in Kobe, Japan, represents a giant leap forward in computing speed.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">This computer is three times faster than its Chinese rival that previously held the top position, a New York Times report said.</span></b></span><br /> <div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><b></b></span></span><br /> <div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: inherit; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 7px; margin-left: 5px; margin-top: 7px; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><b>"It's a very impressive machine. It's a lot more powerful than the other computers," the Times report quoted Jack Dongarra, a professor of electrical engineering and computer science at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville who keeps the official rankings of computer performance, as saying.</b></span></span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: inherit; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 7px; margin-left: 5px; margin-top: 7px; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><b>K pushed back the previous number one, Tianhe-1A supercomputer, at the National Supercomputing Centre in Tianjin, China, to second place. Tianhe-1A was the first Chinese computer to be ranked on top.</b></span></span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: inherit; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 7px; margin-left: 5px; margin-top: 7px; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><b>The latest ranking of the top 500 computers released Monday, is determined by running a standard mathematical equation. The winning computer was able to make 8.2 quadrillion calculations per second, or 8.2 petaflops per second, the report said.</b></span></span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: inherit; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 7px; margin-left: 5px; margin-top: 7px; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><b>K is made up of 672 cabinets filled with system boards. Although considered energy-efficient, it still uses enough electricity to power nearly 10,000 homes at a cost of around $10 million annually, Dongarra said.</b></span></span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: inherit; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 7px; margin-left: 5px; margin-top: 7px; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><b>The fastest computer in the United States, at Oak Ridge National Laboratory was placed third.</b></span></span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: inherit; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 7px; margin-left: 5px; margin-top: 7px; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><b>In the top 10 list, US computers bagged five places. All of them are in government research facilities, the report said.</b></span></span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: inherit; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 7px; margin-left: 5px; margin-top: 7px; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Supercomputers are used for earthquake simulations, climate modelling, nuclear research and weapons development and testing. Businesses also use the machines for oil exploration and rapid stock trading.</b></span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div>

The Fastest Super Computer: Fujitsu K computer

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