That’s 200 quadrillion calculations per second!
China has fallen behind slightly in the list of the world’s top 500 supercomputers, which is published every six months. The US maintained its position, holding first and second place with the two most powerful computers in the world.
At number one is Summit, with peak processing power of 200 petaflops – 200 quadrillion calculations per second.
The number of US supercomputers within the 500 has increased since November, from 109 to 116. China retains the most entrants in the list, however. Its tally fell from 227 to 219.
The Top500 tracks the processing power of the world’s fastest supercomputers, which are used to accomplish a wide range of tasks – from designing jet engines to training neural networks.
The top three supercomputers, in order, are:
- Summit, at the US Department of Energy – built by IBM
- Sierra, at the US Department of Energy – built by IBM
- Sunway TaihuLight, at the Chinese National Supercomputing Center – built by NRCPC
The latest list features, for the first time, only supercomputers with at least one petaflop of processing power – that equates to a quadrillion calculations per second.
The total combined power of all 500 supercomputers in the list comes to 1.56 exaflops – or one and a half quintillion calculations per second.
Source: BBC
