A computer called Titan, which is 10 times more powerful
than the last lab machine, has claimed
The machine has seized the top spot in the Top500 – a closely-watched global league of
the title of the world's most powerful supercomputer.
Titan uses microchips more usually used for video-gaming to crunch numbers for climate studies, models of advanced materials and alternatives to petrol.
Titan uses microchips more usually used for video-gaming to crunch numbers for climate studies, models of advanced materials and alternatives to petrol.
The machine has seized the top spot in the Top500 – a closely-watched global league of
the fastest supercomputers.
Built by Cray at the US government's Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee, Titan is 10 times more powerful than the lab's last supercomputer, Jaguar, which led the
Built by Cray at the US government's Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee, Titan is 10 times more powerful than the lab's last supercomputer, Jaguar, which led the
world as recently as 2009.
Titan was measured at 17.59 petaflops ¿ or 17.59 thousand trillion
Titan was measured at 17.59 petaflops ¿ or 17.59 thousand trillion
calculations per second beating the previous record of 16.32
petaflops, held by Sequoia, a
supercomputer at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in
California, which simulates nuclear
attacks.
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