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Top 10 Super Computers in the World

2. IBM Roadrunner

IBM Roadrunner was crowned No. 1 in June 2008 after becoming the first supercomputer to break one petaflop/s. IBM’s Roadrunner managed 1.042 petaflops. The supercomputer is located at the Los Alamos National Laboratory.

1. Jaguar

The world’s fastest supercomputer according to TOP500 supercomputer list of 2009 is Cray XT5, also known as Jaguar. Jaguar bagged the No. 1 spot, beating IBM’s Roadrunner, who held the top crown from 2008 to 2009. It can perform more than 1 quadrillion calculations per second.

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7 Responses to " Top 10 Super Computers in the World "

  1. That is some serious computing power, I know some super computers lease their time to companies to perform medical research or astronomical calculations.

  2. breheng says:

    i wish i can get one..hahaha

  3. Gabba says:

    Can they run Crysis?

  4. Mahendra Gunaratne says:

    And China has done it again! Now they have the fastest Supercomputer in the world. Tianhe-1A running at 2.5 petaflops

  5. aapman says:

    no matter the speed or development. microsoft will make a BSOD out of it

  6. Rocky says:

    DW guys, in 20-30 years time you can get these babys on your mobile phone ;)

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