40 teraflops

[R. A. Hettinga]

http://technology.scmp.com/techmain/ZZZUJQ4Z6ZC.html

The fastest computer in the world has just gone on line in Japan. Called
the Earth Simulator, makers NEC Corp say the ultra-high-speed computing
system can perform 40 trillion operations per second or 40 teraflops.

The computer is designed to enable environmental research by analysing and
simulating the global environment. To do so it creates a virtual planet
earth.

 The aim was to create a computer which could achieve a thousand times
higher performance for meteorological, geophysical and environmental
applications than any other computer.

Until now the world's quickest computer has been the ASCI White made by
IBM. It has an output of 12.3 teraflops and occupies only a fifth of the
space taken up by the Earth Simulator.



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