Supercomputer ranking: These are the fastest computers in the world

The fastest supercomputers in the world are regularly ranked. Here you can find out which computers have made it into the top 5 and which place Germany ends up in.

Supercomputer ranking: This is what they are needed for

Supercomputers carry out various calculations that require enormous computing power.

• These include, for example, simulations in quantum mechanics, climate calculations, fusion research or calculations for medical-biological applications.
• In addition, nuclear weapons research and cryptanalysis are also carried out with the supercomputers. In Germany, you therefore fall under the law of arms export control.
• The high performance Linpack benchmark is the standard test for the supercomputers.

1st place: Supercomputer Summit - USA

• "Summit" was built by IBM and is located in the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in the United States.
• The supercomputer is built with a proud 2, 397, 824 cores based on Power9 CPUs and Nvidia's V100 GPUs.
• These ensure a maximum computing power of 143.5 petaflops.

2nd place: Sierra - USA

The second-placed supercomputer is also in the United States.

• "Sierra" calculates in the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
• The output is 94.6 petaflops with 1, 572, 480 cores.
• Power9 CPUs from IBM and Nvidia's V100 GPUs are also used here.

3rd place: Sunway TaihuLight - China

The former number 2 of the world's strongest supercomputers from China has slipped to third place.

• The "Sunway TaihuLight" is located in the National Supercomputing Center in Wuxi.
• The computing power is 93 petaflops with 10, 649, 600 cores.
• 40.960 Sunway SW26010 processors are installed.

4th place: Tianhe-2A - China

China also took fourth place.

• The "Tianhe-2A" is in the National Super Computer Center in Guangzhou.
• The maximum computing power is 61 petaflops.
• The supercomputer uses Intel's Xeon E5 with a total of 4, 981, 760 cores.

5th place: Piz Daint - Switzerland

The fastest European supercomputer is in Switzerland.

• "Diz Daint" is in the Swiss National Supercomputing Center.
• The output is 21 petaflops.
• The supercomputer is based on Intel Xeon E5 and Nvidia Tesla P100 with a total of 387, 872 cores.

Back in the top 10: SuperMUC-NG - Germany

Germany has also made it into the top 10 again. 8th place for the German supercomputer.

• The "SuperMUC-NG" supercomputer is located in the Leibniz data center.
• Its output is 19 petaflops.
• "SuperMUC-NG" is based on Intel Xeon Platinum 8174 and consists of 305, 856 cores.

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