Top 500
The November Top 500 Supercomputers list came out a few days ago. It looks like the supercomputer industry is finally out of the doldrums, with China introducing what is now the fastest computer in the world, Tianhe 1A, calculating 2.57 PetaFLOPS, leaving the 1.76 PetaFLOPS Jaguar in the dust. It is faster than all 500 supercomputers from November 2005 combined. Back in June, a Chinese computer, Nebulae, debuted as the second fastest computer, so now the first and third fastest computers are both Chinese.
The overall FLOPS calculated by all the Top 500 Supercomputers increased by 35% in six months, just below the 36% average. There are just under 200 new computers on the list. If the epically named Earth Simulator (top computer from 2002 to 2004) were still around, it would only be 348th on the list.
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