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| ====== C.5 Supercomputers ====== | ====== C.5 Supercomputers ====== | ||
| - | [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.c_hwarch| Return to Hardware Architectures ]] | + | [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.c_hwarch:start| Return to Hardware Architectures ]] |
| ===== About ===== | ===== About ===== | ||
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| [[https://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/supercomputer]] | [[https://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/supercomputer]] | ||
| )) is a computer performing at or near the current highest operational rate for computers. | )) is a computer performing at or near the current highest operational rate for computers. | ||
| - | Traditionally, supercomputers have been used for scientific and engineering applications: to handle very large databases, or to do a great amount of computation, or both. Although advances such as [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:m:multicore]] and [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:g:gpgpu]] have enabled powerful machines for personal use (see: [[https://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/desktop-supercomputer-personal-supercomputer | desktop supercomputer]], [[https://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/GPU-supercomputer | GPU supercomputer]]), by definition, a supercomputer is exceptional in terms of performance. | + | Traditionally, supercomputers have been used for scientific and engineering applications: to handle very large databases, or to do a great amount of computation, or both. Although advances such as [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:m:multicore]] and [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:g:gpgpu]] have enabled powerful machines for personal use (see: [[https://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/desktop-supercomputer-personal-supercomputer | desktop supercomputer]], [[https://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/GPU-supercomputer | GPU supercomputer]]), by definition, a supercomputer is exceptional in terms of [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:p:performance|performance]]. |
| According to Rouse(( | According to Rouse(( | ||
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| )) reports that as of June 2016, the fastest supercomputer in the world was the Sunway TaihuLight, in the city of Wixu in China. A few statistics on TaihuLight: | )) reports that as of June 2016, the fastest supercomputer in the world was the Sunway TaihuLight, in the city of Wixu in China. A few statistics on TaihuLight: | ||
| - | * 40,960 64-bit, RISC processors with 260 cores each. | + | * 40,960 [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:00-9:64bit|64-bit]], RISC processors with 260 cores each. |
| * Peak performance of 125 petaflops (quadrillion floating point operations per second). | * Peak performance of 125 petaflops (quadrillion floating point operations per second). | ||
| - | * 32GB DDR3 memory per compute node, 1.3 PB memory in total. | + | * 32GB DDR3 memory per computer [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:n:node|node]], 1.3 PB memory in total. |
| - | * Linux-based Sunway Raise operating system (OS). | + | * Linux-based Sunway Raise [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:o:os]]. |
| Some of the uses for supercomputers are(( | Some of the uses for supercomputers are(( | ||
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