"K" News
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Work is progressing on the construction of the next-generation supercomputer (popularly known as “K Computer”) on Port Island in Kobe. The supercomputer is expected to be completed in the fall of 2012. On September 29, 2010, the first eight computer racks were delivered. With these eight racks, the new supercomputer is already more than twice as fast as the Earth Simulator, the world’s fastest computer at a time in the past. When completed, the new supercomputer will link more than 800 racks and is expected to achieve a speed of 10 petaflops (ten quadrillion calculations per second). |
