The University of Tennessee's Kraken supercomputer (beauty shot, at left) is officially the world's most powerful academic supercomputer and the sixth-fastest overall. Kraken is a Cray XT5 at Oak Ridge NL. ORNL's Jaguar (also Cray) retained its 2nd Place ranking overall, and is currently the world's most powerful machine for open scientific uses. With both systems set for upgrades in the next few months, the lead could shift to Jaguar. KNS reports the story.
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Kraken commands computing crown
The University of Tennessee's Kraken supercomputer (beauty shot, at left) is officially the world's most powerful academic supercomputer and the sixth-fastest overall. Kraken is a Cray XT5 at Oak Ridge NL. ORNL's Jaguar (also Cray) retained its 2nd Place ranking overall, and is currently the world's most powerful machine for open scientific uses. With both systems set for upgrades in the next few months, the lead could shift to Jaguar. KNS reports the story.
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