Chinese Supercomputer Blazes Path to Glory
The Chinese computer Tianhe-1A has a Linpack benchmark performance of 2.507 petaflops, making it the fastest supercomputer in the world. The Tianhe was built using thousands of GPUs. "Supercomputing is where most of the cutting-edge work is done -- aeronautical research, automotive research, there's hardly a single industry where work isn't conducted with supercomputers," said analyst Rob Enderle.
China has unveiled the world's fastest supercomputer, the Tianhe-1A, at a high-performance computing conference in Beijing.
