A supercomputer developed in the United States to ensure the safety of its nuclear weapons attained a record-breaking performance of 70.72 teraflops (trillion floating operations per second), making it the fastest computer in the world, a senior US official has announced.
Though the supercomputer is running at one quarter its final size for the Department of Energy, the BlueGene/L (BG/L) beta-System is already asserting US leadership in supercomputing, Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham said.
News source: Times of India
