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Chinese supercomputer named world’s fastest; list of top 5 supercomputers in the world
China has just unveiled a supercomputer to the world that, at 93 petaflops (peta-floating-point operations), is the fastest in the world. What’s remarkable about the Sunway TaihuLight super computer is that the entire system was built using processors made in China.The Sunway TaihuLight supercomputer blows past the Chinese-built Tianhe-2 supercomputer by a factor of three, declared Top500, the authority that ranks supercomputers. At just under 34 petaflops, the Tianhe-2 ranks second.
In contrast, India’s fastest supercomputer, PARAM Yuva II, is ranked at number 165 by Top500 and peaks at 524 teraflops. One petaflop is equal to 1,000 teraflops.The Sunway TaihuLight supercomputer is powered by Chinese-developed ShenWei processors. The supercomputer will be used in climate, weather and earth systems modelling as well as data analytics, life science research and advanced manufacturing, Top500 reported. The supercomputer is located at the National Supercomputing Center in the city of Wuxi, near Shanghai.
Read more: India’s new PARAM computers will break into the 1 petaflop club
What are the supercomputers that Sunway TaihuLight beat to gain the top spot? Here’s a list of the five fastest supercomputers.
Tianhe-2
Ranked number 2, the Tianhe-2 supercomputer is located at China’s National Supercomputing Center in Guangzhou. Unlike the Sunway TaihuLight, the Tianhe-2 is powered by a mix of Intel Xenon and Phi processors. The Tianhe-2 supercomputer has been reported to be used for a variety of applications, from conducting aircraft simulations to government security applications.
Titan
Another former number 1, the Titan supercomputer is located at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in the United States. Built by Cray, the Titan is reported to use a “hybrid architecture,” that uses AMD’s 16-core Opteron CPUs and NVIDIA Tesla K20 GPU accelerators. Built for science, the Titan supercomputer is used in molecular simulations, climate change studies, combustion simulations and more. Ranked number 3, the Titan runs at 17.5 petaflops.
Sequoia
Running at 17.1 petaflops, the fourth spot in the supercomputer race is held by IBM-developed Sequoia. Named after one of the biggest growing trees in existence, this supercomputing behemoth got a boost in 2012, which took it from the 17th spot to the first. Located at the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration at the Livermore National Laboratory in California, U.S., the supercomputer is reported to be used in nuclear research.
K computer
According to Top500, the fifth-fastest supercomputer is called K computer, SPARC64 VIIIfx 2.0GHz, Tofu interconnect. Since that’s a bit of a mouthful, we’re sticking with K computer. A Japanese Fujitsu-built supercomputer, the K computer peaks at 10 petaflops and much like every other supercomputer on this list, held the top spot for a while, back in 2011. The supercomputer sits at the RIKEN Advanced Institute for Computational Science in Hyogo, Japan. Yet another supercomputer developed for science, the K computer is reported to be used in research related to quantum physics.
Microsoft’s Edge browser has an extra ‘edge’ over Google’s Chrome
When it comes to online browsing, Google Chrome is always a preferred choice among users, even though it is known to be a battery hog. Earlier, it has also been reported that Microsoft’s native browser Edge and MacOS’s Safari are more battery efficient than Chrome.To further amplify the fact, Microsoft has surfaced with a test, where four browsers—Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and Opera—were tested on an identical laptop (Microsoft’s Surface Pro) and the results clearly showed the Edge browser has much better battery efficiency than all the other three.
In the blog, Microsoft Edge’s web platform team director Jason Weber, said: “We designed Microsoft Edge from the ground up to prioritize power efficiency and deliver more battery life, without any special battery saving mode or changes to the default settings. Our testing and data show that you can simply browse longer with Microsoft Edge than with Chrome, Firefox, or Opera on Windows 10 devices.”All the browsers involved in the test were automated to perform a specific set of browsing tasks including opening websites, scrolling though articles, watching videos, and opening new tabs for each task. Some of the websites that were browsed included Facebook, Google, YouTube, Amazon, Wikipedia and more.
After the completion of the test, it was discovered that Microsoft Edge is a more energy efficient browser on Windows 10, ‘with up to 36 to 53 per cent more battery life to get what you need done’.In the further support these findings, Microsoft collected billions of data points from Windows 10 devices around the globe, clearly denoting that the Edge browser still prevails in real life, pragmatic situations.”These numbers are from actual Windows 10 use in the wild, not artificial tests or hypotheses. People using Microsoft Edge simply get more out of their battery every day,” Weber added.
Another test was conducted where videos were streamed on the latest devices, running the four aforementioned browsers. This test proved that the Edge browser has 17 to 70 per cent battery efficiency in comparison to the other three. In direct comparison with the Chrome, the Edge browser lasted three hours longer, totalling up to more than 7 hours of continuous streaming.
Kodela Has To Quit His Post!
Demanding the resignation of Andhra Pradesh Assembly Speaker Kodela Siva Prasada Rao for his declaration of the high volume of amount spent for winning the Sattenapalli seat, YSR Congress has said that Election Commission should take up the case suo motu for breach of election code of conduct.”Kodela Siva Prasada Rao has confessed in an interview to a television channel that he has spent Rs 11.50 crores to win the Sathunapalli seat, where he could get a majority of 924 votes, and the Election code does not permit to spend such a huge amount for an assembly election,” party PAC member Ambati Rambabu told reporters here on Tuesday.
There is no need for any case or investigation as the incumbent has confessed that he has spent the amount which is many times more that the stipulated sum and we demand that he quit the post immediately on moral grounds.Failing which we will write to the Election Commission to take up the case suo motu as the breach of election code has been blatant. We will also explore other options to put the record straight, he said.
As he has spent such a whopping amount, his family is in a hurry to plough back the money and is resorting to large scale corruption in both Sattenaplalli and Narsaraopet assembly constituencies. His family members have been involved in irregularities in construction of toilets and cremation grounds as well. They are also using police to settle civil disputes and his son is involved in land grabbing, he said.
The New Political Force Of Telangana?
Telangana Political JAC Chairman M Kodandaram, who returned from Australia after his 10 day tour, lambasted KCR’s government for not fulfilling the promises. Participating in the death anniversary event of Telangana ideologue Professor Jayashankar, the JAC leader said Telangana was formed not to benefit builders and contractors but for the welfare and development of all the people of Telangana.
Kodandaram wondered why the KCR government turned its deaf ears to the plights of farmers and the poor who are facing hardships in the T region. This is the second time that Kodandaram lambasted KCR openly and his government. Political circles are agog with speculation that the JAC leader will emerge as the main political enemy of KCR with the support of Congress and TDP in the coming days.
The two opposition parties were already rallied behind Kodandaram when the ruling TRS leaders fired a salvo against the JAC leader for making allegations against KCR.
Sanjana To Direct Raj Tarun
Yes, young hero Raj Tarun will soon be working under the direction of Sanjana. But, this Sanjana is not the actress who was seen in several Telugu films such as Bujjigadu, Sardaar Gabbar Singh etc, but a former journalist and also protegee of maverick director Ram Gopal Varma.
Raj Tarun career is in full swing. Out of five films, only one movie Seethamma Andalu Ramayya Sitralu bombed at box office. The young hero is back to form with his last movie Edo Rakam Ado Rakam which was a profit venture for makers. Now, he has handful of projects.
Raj Tarun’s film with the lady director Sanjana will be made under AK Entertainments Banner. Director Maruthi is providing story and screenplay for this movie that will have music by young sensation Ghibran. The production unit is planning to rope in a popular heroine for lead actress role. The movie will have space for two heroines.
The yet to be titled movie is billed to be a hilarious entertainer and will start rolling from later this month or from early in next month. In fact, Maruthi is one of the best technicians to pen entertaining stories.Apart from this movie, Raj Tarun has signed a three film deal with producer Anil Sunkara for which he was speculated to be offered a posh villa. Currently, the young hero is doing a film with Dongata fame director Vamsi Krishna.
