[Info-vax] Sunway TaihuLight is the fastest supercomputer in the world

[Gianluca Bonetti]

Hello Digital Folks!

I have read today about the latest supercomputer, named Sunway TaihuLight.
http://top500.org/system/178764

It is based on non-commercial CPU chips, named SW26010, which in turn is the latest in ShenWei architecture.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SW26010
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ShenWei

Wikipedia page about ShenWei architecture points out that there are many similarities between ShenWei and Alpha.
Could have been HP to build such a computer made out of Alpha chips, but they bet on Itanium.
And inkjet cartridges.
And glossy paper.

Bye
gl