*8 Tianhe-1A :-

                      Located at the National Supercomputing Center in Tianjin and is used to carry out research in petroleum exploration, solar energy, and perform aircraft simulation.A Chinese scientific research center has built the fastest supercomputer ever made, replacing the United States as maker of the swiftest machine, and giving China bragging rights as a technology superpower.

                      The computer, known as Tianhe-1A, has 1.4 times the horsepower of the current top computer, which is at a national laboratory in Tennessee, as measured by the standard test used to gauge how well the systems handle mathematical calculations, said Jack Dongarra, a University of  tennessee computer scientist who maintains the official supercomputer rankings.

                      The 36th edition of the TOP 500 list confirmed the rumored takeover of the top spot by the Chinese Tianhe  1A system at the National Supercomputer Center in Tianjin, achieving a performance level of 2.57 petaflop/s. The event marked the first time a Chinese system topped the list.

Speed: 2.56 petaflops per second

Date Created: 2010

Country: China