Two Russian supercomputers join world’s best 100 supercomputers
The latest edition of the Top 500 list of the world’s most powerful supercomputers has been published recently. The publisher updates the list twice a year.
Dec 04, 2015
The fastest Russian supercomputer to join the current list is the Lomonosov-2, operating at the Moscow State University (MSU) with a capacity of 1.849 PFLOPS, which puts it on position 35 on the list. Its predecessor, the Lomonosov, is also among the world’s best 100 supercomputers, ranking 94th. On the overall Top 500 list, there are seven Russian supercomputing systems.
China’s Tianhe-2 tops the global list for the sixth year running. Developed at a major Chinese defense technology think-tank, the supercomputer, whose name is translated into English as "Milky Way-2," reportedly operates with a Linpack test proven capacity of 33.86 PFLOPS (1,000,000,000,000,000 floating point operations per second).
The U.S.’ Titan (Cray XK7) ranks second with a capacity of 17.59 PFLOPS.
It’s interesting to note that the number of Chinese supercomputers has nearly tripled since the previous edition, while the U.S presence on the list is the lowest since the Top 500 was first published back in 1993. It has shrunk since six months ago, too, from 231 to 200. There are fewer European systems as well—108 vs. 141 six months ago—while Asia has made a noticeable move forward from 107 to 173, with 109 of the Asian total located in China. The list also includes 36 Japanese systems, a slight decline from 40 six months ago.
China’s Tianhe-2 tops the global list for the sixth year running. Developed at a major Chinese defense technology think-tank, the supercomputer, whose name is translated into English as "Milky Way-2," reportedly operates with a Linpack test proven capacity of 33.86 PFLOPS (1,000,000,000,000,000 floating point operations per second).
The U.S.’ Titan (Cray XK7) ranks second with a capacity of 17.59 PFLOPS.
It’s interesting to note that the number of Chinese supercomputers has nearly tripled since the previous edition, while the U.S presence on the list is the lowest since the Top 500 was first published back in 1993. It has shrunk since six months ago, too, from 231 to 200. There are fewer European systems as well—108 vs. 141 six months ago—while Asia has made a noticeable move forward from 107 to 173, with 109 of the Asian total located in China. The list also includes 36 Japanese systems, a slight decline from 40 six months ago.