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Defense University Builds China's Fastest Supercomputer

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China's fastest super computer "Tianhe," meaning Milky Way, was unveiled Thursday (Oct. 29). The supercomputer is theoretically able to execute one petaflop at peak speed. Credit: He Shuyuan / Xinhua

Xinhua (China)

October 30, 2009

China's National University of Defense Technology (NUDT) has unveiled the Tianhe supercomputer, the fastest supercomputer in China. Tianhe runs at 563.1 teraflops on the Linpack benchmark and is theoretically capable of petaflop performance. NUDT president Zhang Yulin says the system is expected to be used to process seismic data for oil exploration, perform bio-medical computing, and help design aerospace vehicles. 

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