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[stephen at melbpc.org.au]

Chinese supercomputer ranked second-fastest

1st June 2010
<http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2010-06/01/content_9918532.htm>


A Chinese supercomputer has ascended to the second place in the world in 
terms of speed .. 

The Dawning Nebulae of the Shenzhen-based National Supercomputing Center 
has reached a sustained computing speed of 1.27 petaflops, which equals 
to one thousand trillion mathematical operations a second — according to 
the latest semi-annual ranking of the world's fastest 500 computers. 

The latest ranking was released on Monday at the International 
Supercomputer Conference in Hamburg, Germany.

The Dawning Nebulae is in fact now ranked as the world's fastest in terms 
of theoretical peak performance, but that is considered a less important 
measure than the actual computing speed achieved on a standardized 
computing test. 

The Cray Jaguar supercomputer, which is based at the Oak Ridge National 
Laboratory in Tennessee, is still the fastest computer in the world, with 
a speed of 1.75 petaflops. The data was measured in last November. 

Previously, a supercomputer at the Tianjin-based National Supercomputing 
Center gained the best-ever ranking, the fifth, but now it is at the 
seventh place. 

The United States, which has 282 of the world's fastest 500 computers on 
the new list, remains a leader in this area. 

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Cheers,
Stephen