"Zeus" from Kraków in the first hundred of the world best computers
The supercomputer of the AGH University of Science and Technology Academic Computer Centre CYFRONET was 88th in the prestigious ranking of TOP 500 world’s most powerful computers.
he first place, as in the previous ranking in June, belongs to the Japanese supercomputer "K".
Compared
to the previous ranking, "Zeus" fell by eight positions, but it is
still the highest ranked Polish computer. The ranking was announced in
Seattle (U.S.) at the conference "Supercomputing 11".
The Kraków
supercomputer with a theoretical capacity of 162.41 TFlops (computer
performance unit - PAP) is equipped with 22 TB (terabytes) of RAM. "It
is used for calculations the field of chemistry, biology,
nanotechnology, astrophysics, quantum physics, as well as complex
problems in other areas of science that require large computing
resources" - informs AGH.
In 2011, "Zeus" was extended with a
modern "versatile SMP" environment, which allows to create virtual SMP
machines, shared memory systems adjusted to different user needs. Huge
memory capacity allows to perform calculations that require instant
access to large amounts of data.
With the gradual expansion of
"Zeus", Polish scientists can use its enormous power to solve the
increasingly complex scientific problems.
The beginnigs of
CYFRONET, to which the supercomputer belongs, dated back to 1973, when
Community Computational Centre "CYFRONET" was established in Kraków.
Since 1 January 1999 it is an organizationally and financially
independent unit reporting to the Rector of the AGH University of
Science and Technology.
CYFRONET’s primary task is to provide
computing power and other IT services to research centres and
educational institutions. This is the main purpose of operating
so-called supercomputers, including "Zeus", at CYFRONET.
The
ranking, published since 1993 and updated twice a year, included five
other Polish computers. 279th place went to "Galera Plus" computer from
Gdańsk, supercomputer of the Interdisciplinary Centre for Mathematical
and Computational Modelling in Warsaw ranked 364th. The computer of the
Poznań Supercomputing and Networking Center was 298th, supercomputer of
the Allegro Group ranked 348th, and the machine of the Wroclaw Centre
for Networking and Supercomputing was 360th.
The fastest
supercomputer in the world was again the Japanese "K" built by Fujitsu,
whose power exceeded 10 Pflops. TOP500 list of supercomputers is clearly
dominated by the U.S. (263 units), followed by China (74 units) and
Japan (30 units).
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