Fastest Supercomputer Crunches Numbers for Science
 IBM's Roadrunner Supercomputer |
A computer that could make 1 petaflop, or 1 million billion calculations, per second could qualify as a world’s fastest supercomputer. What’s the use of having so much computing power? The use could vary from modeling nuclear explosions, simulate Big Bang, DNA sequencing, to simulate climate change with higher accuracy. The use of the fast supercomputer could go a long way for science and technology.
A practical use for the fast supercomputer could be in medical studies of DNA for hgh which could lead to find a better cure for growth deficiency. Astrophysicist could use the number-crunching power to understand more on the unexplained dark matter component of the universe. Anyone could think of countless science and technology application for a super fast computer. It utilizes parallel computing technology which allow computers to perform more than one task at a time which is a typical limiting factor on many PCs.
The fastest supercomputer named “Roadrunner” was built originally by IBM and the U.S. Department of Energy for monitoring stockpile of nuclear weapons. Times have changed and it is currently being used in experiments for more peaceful means.
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Wednesday, February 17th, 2010 at 7:13 pm under 