K computer
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The K computer was a Japanese supercomputer developed by RIKEN and Fujitsu that ranked among the world’s fastest systems in the early 2010s and was widely used for advanced scientific research.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | supercomputer ⓘ |
| architecture | SPARC64 VIIIfx NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| award | 2011 ACM Gordon Bell Prize (applications using K computer) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| city | Kobe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| dateOfTopRank |
June 2011
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June 2012 ⓘ November 2011 ⓘ November 2012 ⓘ |
| developer |
Fujitsu
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
RIKEN NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endOfOperation | 2019 ⓘ |
| energyEfficiencyRank | Green500 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfUse |
astrophysics
ⓘ
computational fluid dynamics ⓘ disaster prevention ⓘ life sciences ⓘ |
| fileSystem | Lustre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstDeployment | 2011 GENERATED ⓘ |
| fundingAgency | Japanese government NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| interconnect | Tofu interconnect NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location | RIKEN Advanced Institute for Computational Science NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainMemory | 1,410 terabytes ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Fujitsu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| meaningOfName | 10 quadrillion (10^16) ⓘ |
| nameOrigin | Japanese word "kei" meaning 10 quadrillion ⓘ |
| notableFeature | first supercomputer to exceed 10 petaflops LINPACK performance ⓘ |
| numberOfCPUs | 705,024 GENERATED ⓘ |
| numberOfNodes | 88,128 ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
Linux
ⓘ
Red Hat Enterprise Linux NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| owner | RIKEN NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| peakPerformance | 10.51 petaflops ⓘ |
| powerConsumption | about 12.7 megawatts ⓘ |
| prefecture | Hyogo Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| processorVendor | Fujitsu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| projectLeader | RIKEN Advanced Institute for Computational Science NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose |
climate research
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earthquake simulation ⓘ materials science ⓘ medical research ⓘ scientific research ⓘ |
| shutdownDate | August 2019 ⓘ |
| standardBenchmark | LINPACK NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startOfConstruction | 2006 ⓘ |
| startOfOperation | 2012 ⓘ |
| successor | Fugaku NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| top500List | TOP500 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| top500Rank | 1 ⓘ |
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Fugaku