The Fastest Science Machine In The World
Meet Titan NVIDIAOak Ridge National Labs has deployed what should be the world's fastest supercomputer when the world's petaflops are tabulated next month, and it is dedicated to open science. With the release of the next TOP500 ranking of the world's fastest supercomputers just weeks away, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has this week officially deployed Titan, a 20-petaflop machine. Titan is expected to edge out Sequoia, another Department of Energy machine housed at Lawrence Livermore National Labs, putting the U.S. confidently back atop the supercomputing pyramid (Sequoia is expected to hold the number-two spot) after spending the last few years often chasing China and Japan. But beyond bragging rights, Titan is something more. It will hands-down be the fastest open science machine in the world, granting time to scientists in industry, academia, and government labs around the country who need huge computing capabilities to make sense of complex data sets...