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An IBM-built computer that has topped the list of the world’s 500 most powerful supercomputers has widened its lead in the latest ranking released Monday.
The computer named Blue Gene/L, deployed at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, has doubled its performance to 280.6 trillion calculations per second (teraflops), up from 136.8 teraflops from the list released in June.
Ca calme net hein ?
The system, which is used to study the U.S. nuclear stockpile and perform other research, was officially completed this summer after it was doubled in size. Researchers expect it will hold the top spot for the foreseeable future. Big Blue built 43.8 percent of the systems on the entire list.
The No. 2 machine is another Blue Gene system, with performance ranked at 91.2 teraflops. It’s installed at IBM’s Thomas Watson Research Center. The No. 3 system, also at LLNL, reached 63.4 teraflops in the test.
Argh, ca doit être *un peu* cher…
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