{"id":6385,"date":"2015-11-23T06:26:16","date_gmt":"2015-11-23T06:26:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=6385"},"modified":"2015-11-23T06:26:16","modified_gmt":"2015-11-23T06:26:16","slug":"tianhe-2-worlds-powerful-supercomputer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/tianhe-2-worlds-powerful-supercomputer\/","title":{"rendered":"Tianhe-2: World\u2019s powerful Supercomputer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Question: Recently, Tianhe-2 topped the list of world&#8217;s top 500 supercomputers. It is developed by-<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(a) Japan<br \/>\n(b) Singapore<br \/>\n(c) China<br \/>\n(d) France<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Ans (c)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Related facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>On November 17, 2015 in Frankfurt, Germany Chinese supercomputer Tianhe-2 topped the list of top 500 super computer of the world.<\/li>\n<li>China\u2019s Tianhe-2 supercomputer has emerged as the world\u2019s most powerful supercomputer system for the sixth consecutive time.<\/li>\n<li>In June 2013 Tianhe -2 for the first time became the world&#8217;s fastest computer systems.<\/li>\n<li>It is capable of performing calculations with processing speed of 33.86 petaflops per second (Pflop\/s).<\/li>\n<li>Supercomputer Tianhe-2 has been developed by China\u2019s National University of Defense Technology.<\/li>\n<li>Supercomputer Titan of the US Department of Energy has been placed at second position. It has a performance of 17.59 Pflop\/s.<\/li>\n<li>Supercomputer Sequoia of Tech giant IBM was placed at third position. It has processing speed of 17.17 Pflop\/s.<\/li>\n<li>Supercomputers are used by governments and major research institutions.<\/li>\n<li>Supercomputers play an important role in the field of\u00a0computational science, and are used for a wide range of computationally intensive tasks in various fields, including\u00a0quantum mechanics,\u00a0weather forecasting,\u00a0climate research,\u00a0oil and gas exploration,\u00a0molecular modeling.<\/li>\n<li>It is also used for physical simulations such as simulations of the early moments of the universe, airplane and spacecraft aerodynamics, the detonation of\u00a0nuclear weapons, and\u00a0nuclear fusion.<\/li>\n<li>It occupies too much space, and there is greater power consumption.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Reference:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.top500.org\/lists\/2015\/11\/\">http:\/\/www.top500.org\/lists\/2015\/11\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.top500.org\/system\/177999\">http:\/\/www.top500.org\/system\/177999<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: Recently, Tianhe-2 topped the list of world&#8217;s top 500 supercomputers. It is developed by- (a) Japan (b) Singapore (c) China (d) France Ans (c) Related facts: On November 17, 2015 in Frankfurt, Germany Chinese supercomputer Tianhe-2 topped the list of top 500 super computer of the world. 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