A Chinese super-computer, a Tianche-1, now occupied fifth place in the top enviable quintet of faster and larger computing "monsters" of the planet, another indication of the rising power of China in the international arena. In the first place is the "Jaguar" of Oak SC Ridge National Laboratory, USA. American "beasts" are also in the second and third place, while the fourth covers the "crown jewel" of Europe.
The Tianche-1, which is located at the National Center for Super-Computer in Tianjin city and is principally engaged in the search for oil and simulation projects for new aircraft, has 71,680 processors and has a speed of 563,1 teraflops.
By comparison, the No. 1 U.S. Cray named "Jaguar" has 224,162 processors and speed 1.759 petaflops. Used, inter alia, climate research, analyzes new materials and research in nuclear energy. The memory reaches 362 terabytes (almost three times that of the second largest super-computer). Thanks to broadband, researchers worldwide can access the 'Jaguar'.
In second place is the "Cursor» (Roadrunner) of Los Alamos National Laboratory (part of the U.S. Department of Energy), an IBM machine with 122,400 processors and 1.042 petaflops. Used to monitor the U.S. nuclear arsenal and for research in astronomy, genetics and climate change.
In third place is the "Kraken XT5" University of Tennessee in the U.S. and the world's fourth largest European computer, "Jugene", the German research center Forschungszentrum Juelich, an IBM BlueGene / P with 294,912 processors (more than any other the world) and 825,5 teraflops, according to the BBC.
The classification of super computers is at regular intervals and made the A list "Top 500 Supercomputers".
The list is dominated by the U.S., which have eight super-computers in the top ten and 277 total by the 500 fastest "monsters" recorded internationally. Europe has 153 super-computer systems (not bad), and of these, most (44) are in Britain.
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