Now the Chinese are it again with the new Tianhe-2
super computer also known as milkyway 2 which operates at a speed of 30.7
petaflops per second.
The super-computer which runs kylin linux is to be
unveiled at the international super-computing conference next week has been
declared to likely stay at the Top 500 super-computers list with its incredible
speed.
Tianhe-2 is
to be conveyed to the Chinese National Super-computer centre in Changsha by the
end of the year so as to enable use in processing large data, simulation for testing
airplanes and aids in governmental research and security with its storage of
12.4PB and a total memory of 1.4PB; 32000 Intel ivy bridge xeon sockets and a
48000 xeon phi boards to arrive at a total of 312000 cores according to the
university of Tennessee professor, Prof. Jack Dongara.
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