A supercomputer is a computer with a high level of performance as compared to a general-purpose computer. The performance of a supercomputer is commonly measured in floating-point operations per second (FLOPS) instead of million instructions per second (MIPS).
The list of the world’s fastest supercomputers has been published. Top 500 named companies publish the list of the best 10 supercomputers in speed trials twice a year. Top 500 published a report on the Lynpack benchmark survey with the help of German and US experts. Below list are the top 10 supercomputers…
1. Summit
Oak Ridge National Laboratory of the US Department of Energy unveiled Summit last June. It is now the world’s most powerful and talented supercomputer. The Oak Ridge team says the system costs $200 million to build. It is the first supercomputer, specially designed for use in artificial intelligence applications. This supercomputer made by IBM is 148.6 petaflop speed.
2. Sierra
IBM’s Sierra Supercomputer ranks second on the list of the fastest supercomputers. It is located in the United States Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. It has a speed of 94.6 petaflops. (1 petaflop = 1 thousand teraflops or 1 million gigaflops).
3. Sunway Tahulite
China’s Sunway TaihuLight was at the top of the list in the top 500 as the world’s fastest and most powerful computing computer machine in the world. The supercomputer at the country’s National Super Computing Center is at number three on the list this year. The supercomputer built by the National Research Center of Parallel Computer Engineering and Technology in China has a 93petaflop speed.
4. Tianhe-2A (Milkyway-2A)
The Tianhe-2A (Milkywe-2A) computer, located in Guangzhou National Supercomputer Center in China, is at the fourth spot on the list. The supercomputer built by the National University of Defense Technology of China has a 61.4 petaflop speed.
5. Fonterra
The world’s fifth-fastest supercomputer frontrunner at the Advanced Computing Center in Texas, USA. It uses the Zion Platinum processor as a C6420 supercomputer made by Dell. It has a speed of 23.5 petaflops.
6. Pies dent
Switzerland’s Piz Dent Super Computer ranks sixth in the list of fastest supercomputers in the world. The supercomputer located at the Swiss National Super Computing Center in Lugano is essentially a Kra XAC50 supercomputer. As one of the most powerful systems in Europe, this supercomputer can work at the speed of 21.2 petaflops.
7. Trinity
The United States is ranked seventh in the list of fastest supercomputers in the world. It has a speed of 20.2 petaflops. It was installed in Los Alamos National Laboratory and Sandia National Laboratory in the United States.
8. ABCI
Japan’s supercomputer ABCI is ranked eighth in the top ten of the fastest supercomputers. It was established at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan. The AI bridging cloud infrastructure (ABCI) system, made by Fujitsu, has a 19.9 petaflop speed.
9. Super MUC-NG
A supercomputer named SuperMUC-NG from Germany is on the list of top supercomputers. It is located in the Lebanese Super Computing Center. This supercomputer made by Lenovo uses an Intel Platinum Zion processor. It has a speed of 19.5 petaflops.
10. Lassen
The list of the top 10 supercomputers is listed at number 10 in the United States Lawrence Livemore National Laboratory. It has a speed of 18.2 petaflops. IBM has made it another computer as the Sierra system.
