The fastest supercomputers have been ranked on the TOP500 list according to their LINPACK benchmark results since 1993. The list is widely cited while talking about the fastest supercomputers at any given time. The list of this year’s TOP500 supercomputers is out.
1. Tianhe-2:
Tianhe-2 is developed by National University of Defense Technology, China. Linpack benchmark has recorded the speed of 33.86 petaflops (quadrillions of calculations per second) on this super computer. This is the fastest super computer in the world.
Tianhe-2 is powered by 3 million Intel Xeon E5-2692vv2 12C cores of 2.2 GHz clock speed. The processors are connected in a concerted way to give out high transfer speed. The main processor is coupled with Intel Xeon Phi 31S1P coprocessor. Tianhe-2 has been the world’s fastest super computer for past four years.
2. Titan:
This super computer is developed by the world’s first super computer company- ‘Cray’, Titan is located at Oak Ridge National Labs. The supercomputer records the speed of 17.6 petaflops. It is powered by 2.2 GHz AMD Opteron 6274 16C processors.
3. Sequoia:
Sequoia is designed by IBM. It is IBM Blue Gene design product. The super computer is used at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory for the research work. The computer records the speed of 17.17 petaflops. It is powered by 1.6 GHz Power BQC 16C processors. The speed is good enough to perform nuclear explosion simulations.
4. K-Computer:
This Japanese computer is world’s fourth fastest super computer. It is based on SPARC processor. The computer records the speed of 10.5 petaflops. It is powered by 2GHz SPARC64 VIIIfx 8C processors. Surprising part is, this supercomputer runs on Linux!
5. Mira Blue Gene:
This is another IBM Blue Gene Design. The super computer is located at Argonne National Laboratory in USA. The computer has recorded the speed of 8.6 petaflops. It is powered by 786,000 1.6GHz Power BQC 16C cores. It is being used to solve modeling and simulation problems.
6. CSCS Piz Daint:
This is another example of Cray design. CSCS Piz Daint is known as one of the fastest super computers in Europe. The computer records the speed of 6.3 petaflops. It is powered by 2.6 GHz Intel Xeon E5-2670 8C processors coupled with cK20x coprocessors. The high end processors are designed for top server math performance.
7.Stampede:
Stampede is powered by 462,462 core main processors coupled with 366,366 core of Intel Xeon Phi Se processors. It is situated at University of Texas. It clocks the speed of 5.16 petaflops.
8.JUQUEEN:
This supercomputer is located at Forschungzentrum Jülich research center in Germany. The supercomputer is build using 458,752 core processors which records the speed of 5 petaflops.
9. Vulcan:
This super computer is available to be accessed and used by researchers. It is currently located at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. It is powered by 393,216 cores of processors which gives processing speed of 4.29 petaflops.
10. SuperMUC
This IBM-built machine was built using 147,456 cores processor. It has speed of 2.89 petaflops. SuperMUC has been in top 5 positions of fastest super computers since 2009.
1. Tianhe-2:
Tianhe-2 is developed by National University of Defense Technology, China. Linpack benchmark has recorded the speed of 33.86 petaflops (quadrillions of calculations per second) on this super computer. This is the fastest super computer in the world.
Tianhe-2 is powered by 3 million Intel Xeon E5-2692vv2 12C cores of 2.2 GHz clock speed. The processors are connected in a concerted way to give out high transfer speed. The main processor is coupled with Intel Xeon Phi 31S1P coprocessor. Tianhe-2 has been the world’s fastest super computer for past four years.
2. Titan:
This super computer is developed by the world’s first super computer company- ‘Cray’, Titan is located at Oak Ridge National Labs. The supercomputer records the speed of 17.6 petaflops. It is powered by 2.2 GHz AMD Opteron 6274 16C processors.
3. Sequoia:
Sequoia is designed by IBM. It is IBM Blue Gene design product. The super computer is used at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory for the research work. The computer records the speed of 17.17 petaflops. It is powered by 1.6 GHz Power BQC 16C processors. The speed is good enough to perform nuclear explosion simulations.
4. K-Computer:
This Japanese computer is world’s fourth fastest super computer. It is based on SPARC processor. The computer records the speed of 10.5 petaflops. It is powered by 2GHz SPARC64 VIIIfx 8C processors. Surprising part is, this supercomputer runs on Linux!
5. Mira Blue Gene:
This is another IBM Blue Gene Design. The super computer is located at Argonne National Laboratory in USA. The computer has recorded the speed of 8.6 petaflops. It is powered by 786,000 1.6GHz Power BQC 16C cores. It is being used to solve modeling and simulation problems.
6. CSCS Piz Daint:
This is another example of Cray design. CSCS Piz Daint is known as one of the fastest super computers in Europe. The computer records the speed of 6.3 petaflops. It is powered by 2.6 GHz Intel Xeon E5-2670 8C processors coupled with cK20x coprocessors. The high end processors are designed for top server math performance.
7.Stampede:
Stampede is powered by 462,462 core main processors coupled with 366,366 core of Intel Xeon Phi Se processors. It is situated at University of Texas. It clocks the speed of 5.16 petaflops.
8.JUQUEEN:
This supercomputer is located at Forschungzentrum Jülich research center in Germany. The supercomputer is build using 458,752 core processors which records the speed of 5 petaflops.
9. Vulcan:
This super computer is available to be accessed and used by researchers. It is currently located at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. It is powered by 393,216 cores of processors which gives processing speed of 4.29 petaflops.
10. SuperMUC
This IBM-built machine was built using 147,456 cores processor. It has speed of 2.89 petaflops. SuperMUC has been in top 5 positions of fastest super computers since 2009.
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