Meet the world's 15 most-powerful computers

| Jul 13, 2018, 01.26 PM IST
Meet the world's 15 most-powerful computers
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Meet the world's 15 most-powerful computers

The latest ranking of the world's most-powerful computers is out. Titled Top500, the ranking lists the 500 most powerful supercomputers on Earth. The bi-annual list, is compiled by researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, the University of Tennessee and cloud-computing company Prometeus. These supercomputers are used modeling weather, ocean currents, artificial intelligence and more. Other than the 15 most powerful computers, the list also comprises the two Indian supercomputers that are part of the global Top500 ranking (they are, however, not part of the top 15).

Here's over to the world's 15 most-powerful computers and the Indian winners in the Top500 list ...
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IBM Power System AC922: Installed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, US
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IBM Power System AC922: Installed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, US

Manufacturer: IBM
Cores: 2,282,544
Memory: 2,801,664 GB
Processor: IBM POWER9 22C 3.07GHz
Operating System: RHEL 7.4
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Sunway TaihuLight: Installed at National Supercomputing Center in Wuxi, China
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Sunway TaihuLight: Installed at National Supercomputing Center in Wuxi, China

Manufacturer: Fujitsu
Cores: 391,680
Memory: 417,792 GB
Processor: Xeon Gold 6148 20C 2.4GHz
Operating System: Linux
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Sierra - IBM Power System S922LC: Installed at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, US
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Sierra - IBM Power System S922LC: Installed at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, US

Manufacturer: IBM
Cores: 1,572,480
Memory: 1,382,400 GB
Processor: IBM POWER9 22C 3.1GHz
Operating System: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Interconnect: Dual-rail Mellanox EDR Infiniband
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Tianhe-2A - TH-IVB-FEP Cluster: Installed at National Super Computer Center in Guangzhou, China
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Tianhe-2A - TH-IVB-FEP Cluster: Installed at National Super Computer Center in Guangzhou, China

Manufacturer: NUDT
Cores: 4,981,760
Memory: 2,277,376 GB
Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2692v2 12C 2.2GHz
Operating System: Kylin Linux
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Manufacturer:	NUDT Cores:	4,981,760 Memory:	2,277,376 GB Processor:	Intel Xeon E5-2692v2 12C 2.2GHz Operating System: Kylin Linux
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Manufacturer: NUDT Cores: 4,981,760 Memory: 2,277,376 GB Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2692v2 12C 2.2GHz Operating System: Kylin Linux

Manufacturer: Fujitsu
Cores: 391,680
Memory: 417,792 GB
Processor: Xeon Gold 6148 20C 2.4GHz
Operating System: Linux
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Piz Daint - Cray XC50: Installed at Swiss National Supercomputing Centre in Switzerland
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Piz Daint - Cray XC50: Installed at Swiss National Supercomputing Centre in Switzerland

Manufacturer: Cray Inc
Cores: 361,760
Memory: 340,480 GB
Processor: Xeon E5-2690v3 12C 2.6GHz
Operating System: Cray Linux Environment
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Titan - Cray XK7: Oak Ridge National Laboratory in United States
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Titan - Cray XK7: Oak Ridge National Laboratory in United States

Manufacturer: Cray Inc.
Cores: 560,640
Memory: 710,144 GB
Processor: Opteron 6274 16C 2.2GHz
Operating System: Cray Linux Environment
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Sequoia - BlueGene/Q: Installed at Livermore National lab in United States
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Sequoia - BlueGene/Q: Installed at Livermore National lab in United States

Manufacturer: IBM
Cores: 1,572,864
Memory: 1,572,864 GB
Processor: Power BQC 16C 1.6GHz
Operating System: Linux
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Trinity - Cray XC40: Installed at Los Alamos National Laboratory in United States
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Trinity - Cray XC40: Installed at Los Alamos National Laboratory in United States

Manufacturer: Cray Inc.
Cores: 979,968
Processor: Intel Xeon Phi 7250 68C 1.4GHz
Operating System: Cray Linux Environment
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Cori - Cray XC40: Installed Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory at United States
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Cori - Cray XC40: Installed Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory at United States

Manufacturer: Cray Inc.
Cores: 622,336
Memory: 878,592 GB
Processor: Intel Xeon Phi 7250 68C 1.4GHz
Operating System: Cray Linux Environment
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Nurion - Cray CS500: Intalled at Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information
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Nurion - Cray CS500: Intalled at Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information

Manufacturer: Cray Inc.
Cores: 570,020
Memory:
Processor: Intel Xeon Phi 7250 68C 1.4GHz
Operating System: CentOS
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Oakforest-PACS: Installed at Joint Center for Advanced High Performance Computing in Japan
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Oakforest-PACS: Installed at Joint Center for Advanced High Performance Computing in Japan

Manufacturer: Fujitsu
Cores: 556,104
Memory: 919,296 GB
Processor: Intel Xeon Phi 7250 68C 1.4GHz
Operating System: Linux
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HPC4 - Proliant DL380 Gen10: Installed at Eni S.p.A. in Italy
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HPC4 - Proliant DL380 Gen10: Installed at Eni S.p.A. in Italy

Manufacturer: HPE
Cores: 253,600
Memory: 304,320 GB
Processor: Xeon Platinum 8160 24C 2.1GHz
Operating System: RHEL 7.4
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Tera-1000-2: Installed at Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique (CEA) in France
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Tera-1000-2: Installed at Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique (CEA) in France

Manufacturer: Bull
Cores: 561,408
Memory: 1,585,152 GB
Processor: Intel Xeon Phi 7250 68C 1.4GHz
Operating System: bullx SCS
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Stampede2: Installed at Texas Advanced Computing Center in the US
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Stampede2: Installed at Texas Advanced Computing Center in the US

Manufacturer: Dell EMC
Cores: 367,024
Memory: 736,512 GB
Processor: Intel Xeon Phi 7250 68C 1.4GHz
Operating System: CentOS
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Special mention: Cray XC40 installed at IISc, Bengaluru, ranks at No. 327 on the list
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Special mention: Cray XC40 installed at IISc, Bengaluru, ranks at No. 327 on the list

Manufacturer: Cray Inc.
Cores: 31,104
Processor: Xeon E5-2680v3 12C 2.5GHz
Operating System: Cray Linux Environment
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Special mention: iDataPlex DX360M4 installed at Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology ranks at No. 496 on the list
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Special mention: iDataPlex DX360M4 installed at Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology ranks at No. 496 on the list

Manufacturer: IBM
Cores: 38,016
Processor: Xeon E5-2670 8C 2.6GHz
Operating System: Linux
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