IBM Roadrunner dethroaned as worlds most powerful computer
In 2008, the IBM Roadrunner was featured on this blog as the then world’s fastest computer. Now, according to the latest semiannual TOP500 list of the world’s most powerful supercomputers, the “Jaguar” takes first place. With a staggering peak speed of 2.33 petaflops (over two thousand trillion calculations per second), “Jaguar,” located at Oak Ridge Leadership [...]
World's fastest computer
A USA government computer in New Mexico is the first supercomputer to perform at one petaflop (one thousand trillion calculations per second). Designed and built by IBM, the Roadrunner uses both traditional computer chips and the Cell Broadband Engine. The cell processor was originally designed for video game consoles such as the Sony Playstation 3.
Roadrunner [...]
