97% using linux

On September 6, 500, the top global super computer rankings were announced by the international TOP500 organization, from China & ldquo; Tianhe 2 & rdquo; supercomputer defeated us & ldquo; Titan & rdquo ;, won the championship for the third time in a row. In addition, Linux once again overwhelmed the supercomputer market. In the global top 500 super computer rankings, Linux not only occupies the dominant position, but also gradually leaves its competitors far behind. Among them, 97% of super computers are equipped with Linu

In 500, the top global super computer rankings were announced by the international TOP500 organization. China's "Tianhe 2" super computer once again defeated the US "titan" and won the championship for the third time in a row. In addition, Linux once again overwhelmed the supercomputer market.

In the global top 500 super computer rankings, Linux not only occupies the dominant position, but also gradually leaves its competitors far behind. Among them, 97% of the supercomputers are equipped with the Linux platform, while 13 of the remaining 16 are running Unix, while only 2 are running Microsoft Windows, the remaining one uses a mix of AIX/Unix and Linux systems.

Other traditional Solaris and BSD Unix do not appear in the top 500 supercomputer lists.

Hardware vendors are constantly introducing faster processors to make super computers run faster. For example, Intel's next-generation Xeon Phi processor has up to 72 cores and 3 trillion processors per second, leading the multi-core chip three times ahead of Intel's active-active fastest processor.

At present, China's "Tianhe No. 2" supercomputer is equipped with Intel's next-generation Xeon Phi processor, further improving the overall performance speed.

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