World’s 10 fastest supercomputers

There’s a new numero uno in the World’s fastest supercomputers ranking, reveals the bi-annual Top500 list. The Top500 supercomputers list is compiled by researchers at the University of Mannheim (Germany), Berkeley National Laboratory (US) and the University of Tennessee (US).

Just as in the last time’s ranking, the Top500 list is made up mostly of Hewlett-Packard and IBM computers. HP accounted for 210 of this year’s 500, and IBM 185. In terms of processors, Intel still enjoys the lion’s share, with 80 percent. The most popular operating system continues to be Linux, with 90 percent share. SOURCE – TIMES OF INDIA