The group that measures the world's Top 500 fastest supercomputers hasn't crowned a new champion in more than a year.
Tianhe-2, of China's National Super Computer Center, took over the top spot in June 2013 with a measured speed of 33.86 petaflop/s, and it held on to #1 in both the November 2013 list and the June 2014 list released yesterday.
The follow-up to Tianhe-1A, Tianhe-2 uses Ivy Bridge-based Intel Xeons and Intel Xeon Phi for a total of 3.12 million cores. The computer uses 17,808 kilowatts of power for 1.9 gigaflop/s per watt and can theoretically hit speeds of up to 54.9 petaflops.
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