China leads the top 500 most powerful supercomputers in the world

Not unexpected, the Chinese supercomputer Tianhe-2 has for the fifth time topped the list of the 500 most powerful supercomputers in the world, announced today - July 13, 2015.

China for the 5th time in a row led the top 500 most powerful supercomputers in the world

Starting in June 1993, every 2 years, researchers around the world will organize events to select the list of 500 fastest supercomputers in the world. The competition also aims to monitor the growth of supercomputer speed globally, thereby providing experts with a deeper look at the true processing capabilities of the most powerful systems. The speed of each supercomputer will be measured based on the Linpack benchmark tool developed since 1979.

Not unexpected, Tianhe-2 - a supercomputer from China, has for the fifth time topped the list of the world's 500 most powerful supercomputers announced today - July 13, 2015. . Tianhe-2 (Galaxy 2 Vietnamese meaning) has a speed of 33.86 petaflop per second (33.86 million power 4 calculations per second).

Tianhe-2 supercomputer (Galactic meaning 2) has a speed of 33.86 petaflop per second

Supercomputers are not used for common purposes, but only for complex computing tasks that require a lot of processing capabilities that many research institutes, factories or businesses need. This giant machine has the ability to simulate nuclear explosions , reconstruct the physical functions of the brain, study materials at the molecular level, model earth climate and aerodynamic predictions. of aircraft, . Of course every supercomputer takes up a lot of space and consumes a lot of power.

Each supercomputer takes up a lot of space and consumes a lot of power

According to the list above, Tianhe-2 is still the most powerful supercomputer in the world, and second is Titan with the ability to calculate 17.59 petaflops per second (only 1/2 Tianhe-2) and is currently used at Oak Rideh lab, US energy department. In the top 10, there is also the presence of Shaheen II supercomputer from Saudi Arabia (ranked 7th) with a rate of 5,536 petaflops per second. Shaheen II is currently the most powerful supercomputer in the Middle East and is used for research purposes at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology.

2nd place is Titan with the ability to calculate 17.59 petaflops per second (only 1/2 Tianhe-2)

Not owning the world's most powerful supercomputer, but America still proved its technological strength as the world's most supercomputer nation with 231 units (nearly half of the list). This number has not changed since November 2014, but previously the country has been reduced from supercomputers from 233 in June 2014 and from 265 in November 2013. Europe has 141 supercomputers on the list, up 11 from last November; while Japan and China respectively contributed 40 and 37 supercomputers on this list.

According to statistics, HP, IBM and Cray are the most popular supercomputer manufacturers, while 86.4% of supercomputers on this list are equipped with Intel processors.