93 Petaflop Chinese Supercomputer is World’s Fasteston Latest TOP500 List
by Rich Brueckner from High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC on (#1HRDC)
A new machine called Sunway TaihuLight in China is the fastest supercomputer on the planet. Announced today with the release of the latest TOP500 list, the 93 Petaflop machine sports over 10.6 Million compute cores. "The latest list marks the first time since the inception of the TOP500 that the U.S is not home to the largest number of systems. With a surge in industrial and research installations registered over the last few years, China leads with 167 systems and the U.S. is second with 165. China also leads the performance category, thanks to the No. 1 and No. 2 systems."
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