Taiwania (supercomputer)
| Introduced | 9 May 2018 |
|---|---|
| Cost | NT$430 million |
| Type | Supercomputer |
| Memory | 3.4 petabytes |
| Speed | 1.33 quadrillion FLOPS |
Taiwania (Chinese: 台灣杉; pinyin: Táiwān Shān) is a supercomputer in Taiwan owned by the National Applied Research Laboratories.[1] A second similar but much more powerful supercomputer, Taiwania 2, was unveiled soon after.[2]
History
The supercomputer was activated on 9 May 2018 after a two-year program to establish it with a cost of NT$430 million.[1]
Technical specifications
The supercomputer has a memory of 3.4 petabytes with a maximum speed of 1.33 quadrillion FLOPS.[1] The hardware takes up a total area of 33 m2.[3]
Taiwania 2
History
The Taiwania 2 supercomputer is a follow on to the Taiwania supercomputer designed by the National Center for High-Performance Computing.[4] Taiwania 2 debuted at 20 on the November 2018 TOP500 and 10 on the Green500.[2]
Technical specifications
Taiwania 2 has a computing capacity of 9 quadrillion floating-point operations per second (9 petaFLOPS). Its hardware consists of 252 nodes, each of which contains two CPUs and eight GPUs.[2] It runs the CentOS operating system.[5]
References
- ^ a b c Chien, Hui-ju; Chin, Jonathan (9 May 2018). "Nation's most powerful supercomputer unveiled". Taipei Times. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
- ^ a b c Everington, Keoni. "Taiwania 2 ranked as 20th-most powerful supercomputer in world". www.taiwannews.com.tw. Taiwan News. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
- ^ Chu, Tse-wei; Liu, Kuan-lin (8 May 2018). "Taiwan's new supercomputer now operating". Focus Taiwan. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
- ^ "Taiwan supercomputer ranked 20th fastest in the world". taiwantoday.tw. Taiwan Today. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
- ^ "Taiwania 2 - QCT QuantaGrid D52G-4U/LC, Xeon Gold 6154 18C 3GHz, Mellanox InfiniBand EDR, NVIDIA Tesla V100 SXM2". www.top500.org. top500. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
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