K, the fastest computer

Supercomputer named "K" Fujitsu made ​​a champion in the competition's fastest computers. Second place in the race that followed 500 participants were Tianhe-1A from the National Supercomputing Center, Tianjin, China, and third place made by Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee, United States.

"This machine is very impressive and more powerful than other computers," said Jack Dongarra, a professor of electrical engineering and computer science from the University of Tennessee. According to Dongarra, a K-Computer capable of calculating up to 8.2 quadrillion or 8.2 petaflops per second. This capability, said Director of the Innovative Computing Laboratory, the equivalent of about 1 million to connect desktop computers simultaneously. Indeed, in the race, this Japanese-made computer has a performance three times faster than China's supercomputer. Each computer was asked to run a standard mathematical equations. K-Computers are used to simulate earthquakes, climate modeling, nuclear research, as well as development and testing of weapons. Computers can also be used to explore oil and a quick count of stock trading. To build a superfast computer that takes the cost and thousands of small computers that are connected in a data center. The K-Computer is built with 672 cupboard full of system board.*** [NYTIMES|RINI K|KORAN TEMPO 3567]