Supercomputers

A supercomputer is a computer at the front line of contemporary processing capacity – particularly speed of calculation which can happen at speeds of nanoseconds.

The list of supercomputers

Year	Supercomputer	Peak speed (Rmax)	Location
2013	NUDT Tianhe-2	33.86 PFLOPS	Guangzhou, China
2012	Cray Titan	17.59 PFLOPS	Oak Ridge, USA
2012	IBM Sequoia	17.17 PFLOPS	Livermore, USA
2011	Fujitsu K computer	10.51 PFLOPS	Kobe, Japan
2010	Tianhe-IA	2.566 PFLOPS	Tianjin, China
2009	Cray Jaguar	1.759 PFLOPS	Oak Ridge, USA
2008	IBM Roadrunner	1.026 PFLOPS	Los Alamos, USA
		1.105 PFLOPS

Applications of supercomputers

The stages of supercomputer application may be summarized in the following table:

Decade	Uses and computer involved
1970s	Weather forecasting, aerodynamic research (Cray-1).
1980s	Probabilistic analysis, radiation shielding modeling (CDC Cyber).
1990s	Brute force code breaking (EFF DES cracker).
2000s	3D nuclear test simulations as a substitute for legal conduct Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (ASCI Q).
2010s	Molecular Dynamics Simulation (Tianhe-1A)

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