Which of the following is the world’s most powerful supercomputer, as per the 2016 edition of Top500 list of supercomputers?
Which of the following is the world’s most powerful supercomputer, as per the 2016 edition of Top500 list of supercomputers?
[A]Tianhe-2
[B]K Computer
[C]Titan
[D]TaihuLight
TaihuLight
The Chinese supercomputer “the Sunway TaihuLight” has topped the Top500 list of the most powerful supercomputers for 2016. According to the Top500 site, Sunway TaihuLight is capable of performing some 93,000 trillion calculations per second and will be used for research and engineering work, including weather modeling and advanced manufacturing. The TaihuLight is followed by Tianhe-2, Titan, IBM BlueGene/Q system and Fujitsu’s K computer. The 47th edition of the TOP500 list has recently announced at the 2016 International Supercomputer Conference (ISC) in Frankfurt, Germany.