At the official launch ceremony was attended by computer Prime Minister Juergen Ruettgers and Secretary of State Thomas Rachel. According to the Chairman of the Board of Directors of a research centre in Yyulihe, JUGENE is the most powerful supercomputer in the world, used for civilian purposes.
Supercomputer JUGENE able to perform 167 trillion mathematical operations per second. Supercomputer, which is the most powerful representative of a series of machines BlueGene / P, 65 is equipped with thousands of processors. The computer was created by IBM.
First place in the ranking of the most powerful supercomputing for a number of years keeps repeatedly improved machine BlueGene / L production of the same IBM. Peak performance supercomputer that is more than 596 trillion operations per second.
Research topics on the Juelich supercomputers:
O Pollutants in the Soil
O magma in the Earth's core
O Chemical reactions in the atmosphere
O Galaxies and the formation of stars
O Polymers in Solutions
O Lasers and Particle Physics
O protein folding in cells
O Biological membranes
O Aviation and Auto Engineering
O Fire protection and evacuation scenarios
Specifications of the Juelich supercomputer JUGENE:
O Architecture: IBM's Blue Gene / P
O Performance, theoretical: 223 teraflops
O performance, measured: 167 teraflops
O Processors: 65 536
O type of processors: Power PC 450
O Frequency: 850 megahertz
O Main memory: 32 terabytes
O bandwidth Storage: 13.6 GB / s
O Local network bandwidth: 5.1 GB / s
O Network latency: 160 nanoseconds
O Electric power: 560 kW
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