Japan's K super computer wins the top spot in the world

A Japanese supercomputer has won the title of the world's fastest machine, ending six short months of occupying the throne of China.

According to the Daily Mail , the title of the world's fastest machine now belongs to K-series supercomputer, manufactured by Japanese company Fujitsu, with a budget of $ 1.2 billion. This supercomputer is about as fast as 1 million desktops connected.

With the ability to perform 8 million million calculations in a second, the K supercomputer is rated as three times more powerful than the previous record computer. (8 million million has 15 zeroes and in computer terminology, this speed is known as 8.2 petaflop).

The predecessor of K supercomputer is China's Thien Ha - 1A computer with a speed of 2,507 petaflop. It used to represent the rise of China's economic and technological power. Thanks to Thien Ha - 1A, China has topped the top 10 fastest computers in the world for the first time, usurpation of the United States - the country has 4 computers on this list.

Experts say the development of the K supercomputer, at a rate faster than the total of five computers lined up behind it, marks a huge step forward in technology . " This is a very impressive machine, much more powerful than other computers, " said Professor Jack Dongarra, who announced the list of the world's top supercomputers every six months. Ranking the speed of supercomputers is based on running a standard mathematical equation.

Super K computer is currently located at a warehouse-like facility and controlled temperature in Kobe, Japan. This giant machine consists of 672 cells containing circuit boards with nearly 70,000 processors. Meanwhile, a home computer or laptop uses only a single processor.

Super K computer consumes enough power to supply 10,000 homes. And even though the inventors claim that the machine is energy efficient, its cost of operating is also up to £ 6 million (about $ 9.7 million) per year.