The fastest computer in the world remains the fastest

On Monday, a fresh version of the rating of the most powerful supercomputers was published , which every six months makes up the TOP500 project. Home, but the expected news - the leader has not changed, they left the computing monster BlueGene / L manufactured by IBM, installed in the Livermore National Laboratory in the United States. He not only preserved his primacy, but also greatly strengthened: in June, his peak performance in the Linpack test was 280.6 Teraflops, and now it has increased to 480!

It is noteworthy that the second place was taken by the supercomputer on the new BlueGene / P architecture from the same IBM. The platform on which it was created, soon promises to become very popular in the world.