Kyoto University in Japan is deploying a new energy
savingsupercomputerfrom Fujitsu that will
deliver a theoretical peak performance of 61.2 teraflops (trillions
of operations per second).
Kyoto University plans to use the system as its core
computational platform to serve a variety of needs. This will
include not only scientific computations made on the current
system, but also for massive genomic information processing,
ultra-large archive searches, computer graphics, and other new
areas of research.
In addition, the system will be used to facilitate grid
technology research which is carried out collaboratively by Kyoto
University, the University of Tokyo, and the University of
Tsukuba.
Although the addition of the extra processing power at Kyoto
will be impressive, the new system will require only 15% of the
watts per teraflop of the current system, with the overall power
consumption remaining the same.