2006-06-11 13:02:18 · 19 answers · asked by JOHN P 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
the one used on family fortunes
2006-06-16 04:53:53 · answer #1 · answered by Taffy Comp Geek 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some of the answer have touched on part of the correct answer,
The most powerfull computer at the moment is the IBM BlueGene/L - eServer Blue Gene Solution, It has 131072 proccessors and is used by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in the modeling of the universe. To see a list of the top 500 computers and what they are used for then go to this site
http://www.top500.org/list/2005/11/100
2006-06-11 20:21:21 · answer #2 · answered by citalopraming 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
These are the current top 10
1 DOE/NNSA/LLNL
United States BlueGene/L - eServer Blue Gene Solution
IBM
2 IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center
United States BGW - eServer Blue Gene Solution
IBM
3 DOE/NNSA/LLNL
United States ASC Purple - eServer pSeries p5 575 1.9 GHz
IBM
4 NASA/Ames Research Center/NAS
United States Columbia - SGI Altix 1.5 GHz, Voltaire Infiniband
SGI
5 Sandia National Laboratories
United States Thunderbird - PowerEdge 1850, 3.6 GHz, Infiniband
Dell
6 Sandia National Laboratories
United States Red Storm Cray XT3, 2.0 GHz
Cray Inc.
7 The Earth Simulator Center
Japan Earth-Simulator
NEC
8 Barcelona Supercomputer Center
Spain MareNostrum - JS20 Cluster, PPC 970, 2.2 GHz, Myrinet
IBM
9 ASTRON/University Groningen
Netherlands Stella - eServer Blue Gene Solution
IBM
10 Oak Ridge National Laboratory
United States Jaguar - Cray XT3, 2.4 GHz
2006-06-12 05:36:16 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
depends on how you define a computer. Much research at the moment is into massivley parallell computation. In otherwords, networking many 'nodes' together each of which all do a small bit of the calculation. If you class the whole system as a computer, then the most powerful one in existance is the internet.
2006-06-17 04:06:09 · answer #4 · answered by Chris 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
*sigh* Why can't anyone take the seven seconds required to read a question and look up an answer to provide a mature, reasonable answer to a reasonable question? I just don't believe the amount of crap posted in the serious questions.
Anywaaay...the answer you want is Blue Gene/L, owned by IBM (not the Government). See the source for an article.
2006-06-11 20:12:06 · answer #5 · answered by fastfinge 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the most powerful computer in the world for sure our brain, and then that's my computer :)
well, i think the computer which can do everything u really need for u, is the most powerful com in the world.
sorry if i can't speak eng as good as u :(
2006-06-11 20:11:53 · answer #6 · answered by hate_is_wrong_60 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
On March 25, 2005, IBM's Blue Gene/L prototype became the fastest supercomputer in a single installation using its 65536 processors to run at 135.5 TFLOPS (1012 FLOPS).
2006-06-11 20:08:02 · answer #7 · answered by bridgey 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Apple Macs with Intel chip
2006-06-11 20:05:39 · answer #8 · answered by Malcolm uses Xbox 360 Avatar 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The computer that Big Brother uses to track everything you do online, including this post. lol
p.s. Hi, big brother! ;)
2006-06-11 22:34:26 · answer #9 · answered by sixstring9702 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a computer in Japan. I think it's made by NEC. Someone will mention it if not already.
2006-06-11 21:25:11 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A 1977 mainframe. LOL
2006-06-11 20:12:21 · answer #11 · answered by amissybell 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋