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Which supercomputer Computer Overtakes Japan's Fugaku As World's Most Powerful Supercomputer?
A)
Titan Supercomputer
B)
Sierra Supercomputer
C)
Tianhe-2 Supercomputer
D)
Frontier Supercomputer

Correct Answer :   Frontier Supercomputer


Frontier, a supercomputer built using Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) architecture and equipped with Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) processors, outperformed Fugaku to become the world’s fastest supercomputer, according to the Top500 list of world’s most powerful supercomputers.

The supercomputer, built for the United States Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), has reached Linmark benchmark score of 1.1 exaflops, making it the world’s first supercomputer to break the exascale speed barrier. 

Frontier has 8,730,112 total cores and is built on the latest HPE Cray EX235a architecture and powered with AMD EPYC 64C 2GHz processorsFugaku, now the second-most powerful supercomputer, has 7,630,848 cores..

Source : The Hindu

Published On : June 2, 2022
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