China receives 'super' computer lift
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June 2, 2010, Wednesday
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A CHINESE supercomputer has been ranked the world's second-fastest machine in a list issued by United States and European researchers.
The accolade enhances China's ambitions to become a global technology center.
The Nebulae system at the National Supercomputing Center in Shenzhen of south China's Guangdong Province came in behind the US Department of Energy's Jaguar in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, according to the list released yesterday.
Supercomputers are used for complex work such as modeling weather systems, simulating nuclear explosions and designing jetliners.
The semiannual TOP500 list highlighted China's efforts to join the US, Europe and Japan among the global technology elite and its sharp increases in research spending, driven by booming economic growth even amid the global crisis.
Nebulae was built by China's Dawning Information Industry but uses processors from Intel and NVIDIA, both American companies.
The Nebulae is capable of sustained computing of 1.271 petaflops - or 1,271 trillion calculations - per second, according to TOP500.
According to the list, the Jaguar is capable of sustained computing of 1.75 petaflops.
The Chinese computer ranked first in theoretical computing speed at 2.98 petaflops, the group said.
The list was compiled by Hans Meuer of the University of Mannheim in Germany, Erich Strohmaier and Horst Simon of NERSC/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Jack Dongarra of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
The central government wants China to evolve into a prosperous and innovative society.
A 15-year government plan issued in 2006 promises support for areas ranging from computers to lasers and genetics.
Boosted by Nebulae's performance, China rose to No. 2 overall on the TOP500 with 24 of the 500 systems on the list and 9.2 percent of global supercomputing capacity, up from 21 systems six months ago.
The US held onto its overall lead with 282 of the 500 systems and 55.4 percent of installed performance.
Europe had 144 systems on the list, including 38 in Britain, 29 in France and 24 in Germany.
Japan had 18 supercomputers on the TOP500 list, up from 16 six months ago and India had five.
A second Chinese computer made the top 10. The Tianhe-1 at the National Super Computer Center in the northern city of Tianjin, at No. 7, uses processors made by Intel and Advanced Micro Devices, another American company.
The list reflected breakneck advances in supercomputing speeds.
No. 1 on the June 2008 list was the Roadrunner system at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, capable of 1.04 petaflops, or about two-thirds of Jaguar's level.
In the latest list, Roadrunner dropped to No. 3.
The accolade enhances China's ambitions to become a global technology center.
The Nebulae system at the National Supercomputing Center in Shenzhen of south China's Guangdong Province came in behind the US Department of Energy's Jaguar in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, according to the list released yesterday.
Supercomputers are used for complex work such as modeling weather systems, simulating nuclear explosions and designing jetliners.
The semiannual TOP500 list highlighted China's efforts to join the US, Europe and Japan among the global technology elite and its sharp increases in research spending, driven by booming economic growth even amid the global crisis.
Nebulae was built by China's Dawning Information Industry but uses processors from Intel and NVIDIA, both American companies.
The Nebulae is capable of sustained computing of 1.271 petaflops - or 1,271 trillion calculations - per second, according to TOP500.
According to the list, the Jaguar is capable of sustained computing of 1.75 petaflops.
The Chinese computer ranked first in theoretical computing speed at 2.98 petaflops, the group said.
The list was compiled by Hans Meuer of the University of Mannheim in Germany, Erich Strohmaier and Horst Simon of NERSC/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Jack Dongarra of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
The central government wants China to evolve into a prosperous and innovative society.
A 15-year government plan issued in 2006 promises support for areas ranging from computers to lasers and genetics.
Boosted by Nebulae's performance, China rose to No. 2 overall on the TOP500 with 24 of the 500 systems on the list and 9.2 percent of global supercomputing capacity, up from 21 systems six months ago.
The US held onto its overall lead with 282 of the 500 systems and 55.4 percent of installed performance.
Europe had 144 systems on the list, including 38 in Britain, 29 in France and 24 in Germany.
Japan had 18 supercomputers on the TOP500 list, up from 16 six months ago and India had five.
A second Chinese computer made the top 10. The Tianhe-1 at the National Super Computer Center in the northern city of Tianjin, at No. 7, uses processors made by Intel and Advanced Micro Devices, another American company.
The list reflected breakneck advances in supercomputing speeds.
No. 1 on the June 2008 list was the Roadrunner system at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, capable of 1.04 petaflops, or about two-thirds of Jaguar's level.
In the latest list, Roadrunner dropped to No. 3.
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