BizAims

Tianhe-1A, is the new supercomputer announced in 2010 China HPC event, achieved a record performance of 2507 trillion calculations per second, according to the LINPACK test, a record that ranks it as the fastest in China and worldwide, shows a statement sent to journalists.
Tianhe-1A is representative of modern heterogeneous processing systems using GPUs with massive parallel processing capability in combination with many-core CPUs to get achievements in terms of performance, size and power.
"The performance and efficiency of Tianhe-1A would not have been possible without the use of GPU," said Liu Guangming, head of the National Center for Supercomputers of Tianjin. "The scientific research is now possible with a system of this size is virtually unlimited, we are very pleased with the results obtained."
Tianhe-1A supercomputer will operate as a system of "open access", which will be used for a wide range of scientific calculations.
"Uriah GPUs redefine high-performance computing," said Jen-Hsun Huang, president and CEO of NVIDIA. "Because of Tianhe-1A, GPUs are now present in two of the top three fastest supercomputers in the world. These supercomputers based on GPUs are essential tools for scientists who want to accelerate the pace of discovery."