China takes #1 in the November Top 500

I have to admit it’s no surprise that China’s impressive Tianhe A1 supercomputer, powered by over 7,000 Nvidia Tesla cards and 14,000 CPUs, just claimed the coveted #1 spot in the newest Top500 List. What may be surprising is just how fast it actually went. The previous press releases discussed the impressive 2.5 Sustained Petaflops of power, but the actual results show an astounding 4.7 Petaflops of peak performance.

Jaguar (of ORNL) continues to take #2, while China’s Nebulae system claims #3. Read the full list online.

TOP500 List – November 2010 (1-100) | TOP500 Supercomputing Sites.

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Randall Hand

Randall Hand is a computer graphics programmer and news junky that's been working in the field for the last 15 years. He's responsible for visualizations generated on some of the most powerful supercomputers in the world, ytnef, mullion support in ParaView, and VizWorld.com.