{"id":8594,"date":"2018-09-27T09:21:31","date_gmt":"2018-09-27T07:21:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/?p=8594"},"modified":"2018-09-26T11:11:43","modified_gmt":"2018-09-26T09:11:43","slug":"supermuc-ng-goes-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/?p=8594","title":{"rendered":"SuperMUC-NG goes live"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1160\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/kcmprocessor.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" \/>When it comes to supercomputers, there are<br \/>\nchallenges all over the world. If you take a look<br \/>\nat the TOP500 list then you&#8217;ll see that Asia and<br \/>\nUSA are currently fighting for Rank 1 on this list.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->But there are also competitors from Switzerland and Germany.<\/p>\n<p>SuperMUC is the newest competitor and has ben set operative on Setember 25<sup>th<\/sup>, 2018<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/SuperMUC-NG.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-8600\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/SuperMUC-NG-640x359.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/SuperMUC-NG-640x359.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/SuperMUC-NG-500x281.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/SuperMUC-NG.jpeg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>70PB storage, 700TB RAM, these are numbers that might sound weenie against the &#8220;Summit&#8221;, but if you regard it from the point of view as an all-purpose system, SuperMUC might show &#8220;Summit&#8221; it&#8217;s limits as &#8220;Summit&#8221; gets it&#8217;s power from GPU cores. SuperMUC might get Rank 1 as an all-purpose Super Computer when it comes to AXV512 processing power &#8211; a weakness of sole GPU calculation.<\/p>\n<p>And as this is not the full scaled super computer yet, there might be other surprises coming soon as well.<\/p>\n<p>So &#8220;Congrationations, Munich, for entering the summit of Super computers!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/lrz-building.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-8601\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/lrz-building-640x393.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/lrz-building-640x393.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/lrz-building-768x472.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/lrz-building-500x307.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/lrz-building.jpg 1798w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Top10 List from June 2018 is, as follows:<\/p>\n<div class=\"col-sm-12 col-md-9 col-lg-9\">\n<table class=\"table table-condensed table-striped\" style=\"width: 640px; height: 1126px;\">\n<thead>\n<tr style=\"height: 44px;\">\n<th style=\"width: 38.75px; height: 44px;\">Rank<\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 60.35px; text-align: center; height: 44px;\">Country<\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 217.367px; height: 44px;\">System<\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 76.95px; height: 44px;\">Cores<\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 73.6333px; height: 44px;\">Rmax (TFlop\/s)<\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 74.2833px; height: 44px;\">Rpeak (TFlop\/s)<\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 52.6667px; height: 44px;\">Power (kW)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 112px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 38.75px; height: 112px;\">1<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 60.35px; text-align: center; height: 112px;\"><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-8598 size-Post-Thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/united_states_of_america_640_2-64x64.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/united_states_of_america_640_2-64x64.png 64w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/united_states_of_america_640_2-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/united_states_of_america_640_2-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 64px) 100vw, 64px\" \/><\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 217.367px; height: 112px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.top500.org\/system\/179397\"> <b>Summit<\/b> &#8211; IBM Power System AC922, IBM POWER9 22C 3.07GHz, NVIDIA Volta GV100, Dual-rail Mellanox EDR Infiniband <\/a>, IBM <br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.top500.org\/site\/48553\">DOE\/SC\/Oak Ridge National Laboratory<\/a><br \/>\nUnited States<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 76.95px; text-align: right; height: 112px;\">2,282,544<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 73.6333px; text-align: right; height: 112px;\">122,300.0<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 74.2833px; text-align: right; height: 112px;\">187,659.3<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 52.6667px; text-align: right; height: 112px;\">8,806<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 89px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 38.75px; height: 89px;\">2<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 60.35px; text-align: center; height: 89px;\"><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-Post-Thumb wp-image-8599\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/china_640_2-64x64.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/china_640_2-64x64.png 64w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/china_640_2-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/china_640_2-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 64px) 100vw, 64px\" \/><\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 217.367px; height: 89px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.top500.org\/system\/178764\"> <b>Sunway TaihuLight<\/b> &#8211; Sunway MPP, Sunway SW26010 260C 1.45GHz, Sunway <\/a>, NRCPC <br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.top500.org\/site\/50623\">National Supercomputing Center in Wuxi<\/a><br \/>\nChina<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 76.95px; text-align: right; height: 89px;\">10,649,600<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 73.6333px; text-align: right; height: 89px;\">93,014.6<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 74.2833px; text-align: right; height: 89px;\">125,435.9<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 52.6667px; text-align: right; height: 89px;\">15,371<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 112px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 38.75px; height: 112px;\">3<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 60.35px; text-align: center; height: 112px;\"><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-8598 size-Post-Thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/united_states_of_america_640_2-64x64.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/united_states_of_america_640_2-64x64.png 64w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/united_states_of_america_640_2-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/united_states_of_america_640_2-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 64px) 100vw, 64px\" \/><\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 217.367px; height: 112px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.top500.org\/system\/179398\"> <b>Sierra<\/b> &#8211; IBM Power System S922LC, IBM POWER9 22C 3.1GHz, NVIDIA Volta GV100, Dual-rail Mellanox EDR Infiniband <\/a>, IBM <br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.top500.org\/site\/49763\">DOE\/NNSA\/LLNL<\/a><br \/>\nUnited States<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 76.95px; text-align: right; height: 112px;\">1,572,480<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 73.6333px; text-align: right; height: 112px;\">71,610.0<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 74.2833px; text-align: right; height: 112px;\">119,193.6<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 52.6667px; text-align: right; height: 112px;\">N\/A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 112px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 38.75px; height: 112px;\">4<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 60.35px; text-align: center; height: 112px;\"><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-Post-Thumb wp-image-8599\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/china_640_2-64x64.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/china_640_2-64x64.png 64w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/china_640_2-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/china_640_2-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 64px) 100vw, 64px\" \/><\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 217.367px; height: 112px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.top500.org\/system\/177999\"> <b>Tianhe-2A<\/b> &#8211; TH-IVB-FEP Cluster, Intel Xeon E5-2692v2 12C 2.2GHz, TH Express-2, Matrix-2000 <\/a>, NUDT <br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.top500.org\/site\/50365\">National Super Computer Center in Guangzhou<\/a><br \/>\nChina<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 76.95px; text-align: right; height: 112px;\">4,981,760<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 73.6333px; text-align: right; height: 112px;\">61,444.5<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 74.2833px; text-align: right; height: 112px;\">100,678.7<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 52.6667px; text-align: right; height: 112px;\">18,482<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 134px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 38.75px; height: 134px;\">5<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 60.35px; text-align: center; height: 134px;\"><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-Post-Thumb wp-image-8596\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/japan_640_2-64x64.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/japan_640_2-64x64.png 64w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/japan_640_2-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/japan_640_2-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 64px) 100vw, 64px\" \/><\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 217.367px; height: 134px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.top500.org\/system\/179393\"> <b>AI Bridging Cloud Infrastructure (ABCI)<\/b> &#8211; PRIMERGY CX2550 M4, Xeon Gold 6148 20C 2.4GHz, NVIDIA Tesla V100 SXM2, Infiniband EDR <\/a>, Fujitsu <br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.top500.org\/site\/50762\">National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)<\/a><br \/>\nJapan<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 76.95px; text-align: right; height: 134px;\">391,680<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 73.6333px; text-align: right; height: 134px;\">19,880.0<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 74.2833px; text-align: right; height: 134px;\">32,576.6<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 52.6667px; text-align: right; height: 134px;\">1,649<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 89px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 38.75px; height: 89px;\">6<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 60.35px; text-align: center; height: 89px;\"><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-Post-Thumb wp-image-8597\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/switzerland_640_2-64x64.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/switzerland_640_2-64x64.png 64w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/switzerland_640_2-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/switzerland_640_2-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 64px) 100vw, 64px\" \/><\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 217.367px; height: 89px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.top500.org\/system\/177824\"> <b>Piz Daint<\/b> &#8211; Cray XC50, Xeon E5-2690v3 12C 2.6GHz, Aries interconnect , NVIDIA Tesla P100 <\/a>, Cray Inc. <br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.top500.org\/site\/50422\">Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS)<\/a><br \/>\nSwitzerland<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 76.95px; text-align: right; height: 89px;\">361,760<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 73.6333px; text-align: right; height: 89px;\">19,590.0<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 74.2833px; text-align: right; height: 89px;\">25,326.3<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 52.6667px; text-align: right; height: 89px;\">2,272<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 89px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 38.75px; height: 89px;\">7<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 60.35px; text-align: center; height: 89px;\"><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-8598 size-Post-Thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/united_states_of_america_640_2-64x64.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/united_states_of_america_640_2-64x64.png 64w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/united_states_of_america_640_2-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/united_states_of_america_640_2-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 64px) 100vw, 64px\" \/><\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 217.367px; height: 89px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.top500.org\/system\/177975\"> <b>Titan<\/b> &#8211; Cray XK7, Opteron 6274 16C 2.200GHz, Cray Gemini interconnect, NVIDIA K20x <\/a>, Cray Inc. <br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.top500.org\/site\/48553\">DOE\/SC\/Oak Ridge National Laboratory<\/a><br \/>\nUnited States<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 76.95px; text-align: right; height: 89px;\">560,640<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 73.6333px; text-align: right; height: 89px;\">17,590.0<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 74.2833px; text-align: right; height: 89px;\">27,112.5<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 52.6667px; text-align: right; height: 89px;\">8,209<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 89px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 38.75px; height: 89px;\">8<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 60.35px; text-align: center; height: 89px;\"><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-8598 size-Post-Thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/united_states_of_america_640_2-64x64.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/united_states_of_america_640_2-64x64.png 64w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/united_states_of_america_640_2-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/united_states_of_america_640_2-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 64px) 100vw, 64px\" \/><\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 217.367px; height: 89px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.top500.org\/system\/177556\"> <b>Sequoia<\/b> &#8211; BlueGene\/Q, Power BQC 16C 1.60 GHz, Custom <\/a>, IBM <br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.top500.org\/site\/49763\">DOE\/NNSA\/LLNL<\/a><br \/>\nUnited States<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 76.95px; text-align: right; height: 89px;\">1,572,864<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 73.6333px; text-align: right; height: 89px;\">17,173.2<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 74.2833px; text-align: right; height: 89px;\">20,132.7<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 52.6667px; text-align: right; height: 89px;\">7,890<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 89px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 38.75px; height: 89px;\">9<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 60.35px; text-align: center; height: 89px;\"><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-8598 size-Post-Thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/united_states_of_america_640_2-64x64.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/united_states_of_america_640_2-64x64.png 64w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/united_states_of_america_640_2-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/united_states_of_america_640_2-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 64px) 100vw, 64px\" \/><\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 217.367px; height: 89px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.top500.org\/system\/178610\"> <b>Trinity<\/b> &#8211; Cray XC40, Intel Xeon Phi 7250 68C 1.4GHz, Aries interconnect <\/a>, Cray Inc. <br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.top500.org\/site\/50334\">DOE\/NNSA\/LANL\/SNL<\/a><br \/>\nUnited States<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 76.95px; text-align: right; height: 89px;\">979,968<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 73.6333px; text-align: right; height: 89px;\">14,137.3<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 74.2833px; text-align: right; height: 89px;\">43,902.6<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 52.6667px; text-align: right; height: 89px;\">3,844<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 89px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 38.75px; height: 89px;\">10<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 60.35px; text-align: center; height: 89px;\"><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-8598 size-Post-Thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/united_states_of_america_640_2-64x64.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/united_states_of_america_640_2-64x64.png 64w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/united_states_of_america_640_2-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/united_states_of_america_640_2-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 64px) 100vw, 64px\" \/><\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 217.367px; height: 89px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.top500.org\/system\/178924\"> <b>Cori<\/b> &#8211; Cray XC40, Intel Xeon Phi 7250 68C 1.4GHz, Aries interconnect <\/a>, Cray Inc. <br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.top500.org\/site\/48429\">DOE\/SC\/LBNL\/NERSC<\/a><br \/>\nUnited States<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 76.95px; text-align: right; height: 89px;\">622,336<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 73.6333px; text-align: right; height: 89px;\">14,014.7<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 74.2833px; text-align: right; height: 89px;\">27,880.7<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 52.6667px; text-align: right; height: 89px;\">3,939<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-sm-12 col-md-3 col-lg-3\">\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div class=\"panel\">With SuperMUC going online, the list might change and Piz Daint will drop to Rank 7, while SuperMUC will take Rank 5<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>This might be the new Top10 list:<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"col-sm-12 col-md-9 col-lg-9\">\n<table class=\"table table-condensed table-striped\" style=\"width: 640px; height: 1526px;\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"width: 39.1px;\">Rank<\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 62.5667px;\">Country<\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 213.867px;\">System<\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 76px;\">Cores<\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 74.0167px;\">Rmax (TFlop\/s)<\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 72.8167px;\">Rpeak (TFlop\/s)<\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 55.6333px;\">Power (kW)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 39.1px; text-align: center;\"><strong>1<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 62.5667px;\"><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-8598 size-Post-Thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/united_states_of_america_640_2-64x64.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/united_states_of_america_640_2-64x64.png 64w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/united_states_of_america_640_2-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/united_states_of_america_640_2-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 64px) 100vw, 64px\" \/><\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 213.867px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.top500.org\/system\/179397\"> <b>Summit<\/b> &#8211; IBM Power System AC922, IBM POWER9 22C 3.07GHz, NVIDIA Volta GV100, Dual-rail Mellanox EDR Infiniband <\/a>, IBM <br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.top500.org\/site\/48553\">DOE\/SC\/Oak Ridge National Laboratory<\/a><br \/>\nUnited States<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 76px; text-align: right;\">2,282,544<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 74.0167px; text-align: right;\">122,300.0<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 72.8167px; text-align: right;\">187,659.3<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 55.6333px; text-align: right;\">8,806<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 39.1px; text-align: center;\"><strong>2<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 62.5667px;\"><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-Post-Thumb wp-image-8599\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/china_640_2-64x64.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/china_640_2-64x64.png 64w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/china_640_2-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/china_640_2-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 64px) 100vw, 64px\" \/><\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 213.867px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.top500.org\/system\/178764\"> <b>Sunway TaihuLight<\/b> &#8211; Sunway MPP, Sunway SW26010 260C 1.45GHz, Sunway <\/a>, NRCPC <br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.top500.org\/site\/50623\">National Supercomputing Center in Wuxi<\/a><br \/>\nChina<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 76px; text-align: right;\">10,649,600<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 74.0167px; text-align: right;\">93,014.6<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 72.8167px; text-align: right;\">125,435.9<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 55.6333px; text-align: right;\">15,371<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 39.1px; text-align: center;\"><strong>3<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 62.5667px;\"><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-8598 size-Post-Thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/united_states_of_america_640_2-64x64.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/united_states_of_america_640_2-64x64.png 64w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/united_states_of_america_640_2-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/united_states_of_america_640_2-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 64px) 100vw, 64px\" \/><\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 213.867px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.top500.org\/system\/179398\"> <b>Sierra<\/b> &#8211; IBM Power System S922LC, IBM POWER9 22C 3.1GHz, NVIDIA Volta GV100, Dual-rail Mellanox EDR Infiniband <\/a>, IBM <br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.top500.org\/site\/49763\">DOE\/NNSA\/LLNL<\/a><br \/>\nUnited States<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 76px; text-align: right;\">1,572,480<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 74.0167px; text-align: right;\">71,610.0<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 72.8167px; text-align: right;\">119,193.6<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 55.6333px; text-align: right;\">N\/A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 39.1px; text-align: center;\"><strong>4<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 62.5667px;\"><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-Post-Thumb wp-image-8599\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/china_640_2-64x64.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/china_640_2-64x64.png 64w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/china_640_2-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/china_640_2-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 64px) 100vw, 64px\" \/><\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 213.867px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.top500.org\/system\/177999\"> <b>Tianhe-2A<\/b> &#8211; TH-IVB-FEP Cluster, Intel Xeon E5-2692v2 12C 2.2GHz, TH Express-2, Matrix-2000 <\/a>, NUDT <br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.top500.org\/site\/50365\">National Super Computer Center in Guangzhou<\/a><br \/>\nChina<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 76px; text-align: right;\">4,981,760<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 74.0167px; text-align: right;\">61,444.5<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 72.8167px; text-align: right;\">100,678.7<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 55.6333px; text-align: right;\">18,482<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 39.1px; text-align: center;\"><strong>5<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 62.5667px;\"><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-Post-Thumb wp-image-8595\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/germany_640_2-64x64.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/germany_640_2-64x64.png 64w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/germany_640_2-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/germany_640_2-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 64px) 100vw, 64px\" \/><\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 213.867px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.top500.org\/system\/177719\"><b>SuperMUC<\/b> &#8211; iDataPlex DX360M4, Xeon E5-2680 8C 2.70GHz, Infiniband FDR <\/a><br \/>\nIBM\/Lenovo<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.top500.org\/site\/48248\">Leibniz Rechenzentrum<\/a><br \/>\nGermany<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 76px; text-align: right;\">311,312<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 74.0167px; text-align: right;\">20.4<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 72.8167px; text-align: right;\">26.7<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 55.6333px; text-align: right;\">N\/A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 39.1px; text-align: center;\"><strong>6<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 62.5667px;\"><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-Post-Thumb wp-image-8596\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/japan_640_2-64x64.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/japan_640_2-64x64.png 64w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/japan_640_2-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/japan_640_2-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 64px) 100vw, 64px\" \/><\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 213.867px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.top500.org\/system\/179393\"> <b>AI Bridging Cloud Infrastructure (ABCI)<\/b> &#8211; PRIMERGY CX2550 M4, Xeon Gold 6148 20C 2.4GHz, NVIDIA Tesla V100 SXM2, Infiniband EDR <\/a>, Fujitsu <br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.top500.org\/site\/50762\">National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)<\/a><br \/>\nJapan<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 76px; text-align: right;\">391,680<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 74.0167px; text-align: right;\">19,880.0<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 72.8167px; text-align: right;\">32,576.6<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 55.6333px; text-align: right;\">1,649<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 39.1px; text-align: center;\"><strong>7<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 62.5667px;\"><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-Post-Thumb wp-image-8597\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/switzerland_640_2-64x64.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/switzerland_640_2-64x64.png 64w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/switzerland_640_2-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/switzerland_640_2-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 64px) 100vw, 64px\" \/><\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 213.867px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.top500.org\/system\/177824\"> <b>Piz Daint<\/b> &#8211; Cray XC50, Xeon E5-2690v3 12C 2.6GHz, Aries interconnect , NVIDIA Tesla P100 <\/a>, Cray Inc. <br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.top500.org\/site\/50422\">Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS)<\/a><br \/>\nSwitzerland<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 76px; text-align: right;\">361,760<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 74.0167px; text-align: right;\">19,590.0<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 72.8167px; text-align: right;\">25,326.3<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 55.6333px; text-align: right;\">2,272<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 39.1px; text-align: center;\"><strong>8<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 62.5667px;\"><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-8598 size-Post-Thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/united_states_of_america_640_2-64x64.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/united_states_of_america_640_2-64x64.png 64w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/united_states_of_america_640_2-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/united_states_of_america_640_2-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 64px) 100vw, 64px\" \/><\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 213.867px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.top500.org\/system\/177975\"> <b>Titan<\/b> &#8211; Cray XK7, Opteron 6274 16C 2.200GHz, Cray Gemini interconnect, NVIDIA K20x <\/a>, Cray Inc. <br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.top500.org\/site\/48553\">DOE\/SC\/Oak Ridge National Laboratory<\/a><br \/>\nUnited States<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 76px; text-align: right;\">560,640<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 74.0167px; text-align: right;\">17,590.0<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 72.8167px; text-align: right;\">27,112.5<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 55.6333px; text-align: right;\">8,209<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 39.1px; text-align: center;\"><strong>9<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 62.5667px;\"><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-8598 size-Post-Thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/united_states_of_america_640_2-64x64.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/united_states_of_america_640_2-64x64.png 64w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/united_states_of_america_640_2-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/united_states_of_america_640_2-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 64px) 100vw, 64px\" \/><\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 213.867px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.top500.org\/system\/177556\"> <b>Sequoia<\/b> &#8211; BlueGene\/Q, Power BQC 16C 1.60 GHz, Custom <\/a>, IBM <br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.top500.org\/site\/49763\">DOE\/NNSA\/LLNL<\/a><br \/>\nUnited States<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 76px; text-align: right;\">1,572,864<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 74.0167px; text-align: right;\">17,173.2<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 72.8167px; text-align: right;\">20,132.7<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 55.6333px; text-align: right;\">7,890<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 39.1px; text-align: center;\"><strong>10<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 62.5667px;\"><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-8598 size-Post-Thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/united_states_of_america_640_2-64x64.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/united_states_of_america_640_2-64x64.png 64w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/united_states_of_america_640_2-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/united_states_of_america_640_2-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 64px) 100vw, 64px\" \/><\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 213.867px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.top500.org\/system\/178610\"> <b>Trinity<\/b> &#8211; Cray XC40, Intel Xeon Phi 7250 68C 1.4GHz, Aries interconnect <\/a>, Cray Inc. <br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.top500.org\/site\/50334\">DOE\/NNSA\/LANL\/SNL<\/a><br \/>\nUnited States<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 76px; text-align: right;\">979,968<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 74.0167px; text-align: right;\">14,137.3<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 72.8167px; text-align: right;\">43,902.6<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 55.6333px; text-align: right;\">3,844<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-sm-12 col-md-3 col-lg-3\">\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div class=\"panel\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When it comes to supercomputers, there are challenges all over the world. 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