America Has The Fastest Supercomputers In The World

#1 Titan

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Speed: 17.59 petaflops 
Date Created: 2012
Country: United States
The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory loaded supercomputer Jaguar (previously ranked #6 in June 2012) with NVIDIA Telsa K20 GPUs to add more computing power. Now named Titan, this supercomputer will be 10 times more powerful than its predecessor. Titan will use its extraordinary computing power for study alternative and efficient energy, efficient engines, climate change, and identifying new materials. 

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#2 Sequoia

Department of Energy

Speed: 16.32 petaflops per second
Country: United States
Date Created: 2012
The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory supercomputer, Sequoia, simulates nuclear weapons tests so they no longer have to be conducted in reality. The system also makes sure America’s nuclear weapons are secure and ready to launch at a anytime.

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#3 K computer

Fujitsu

Speed: 10.51 petaflops per second
Date Created: 2011
Country: Japan
Located at the Riken Advanced Institute for Computational Science in Kobe, Japan, this supercomputer researches disaster prevention, climate change, and meteorology.

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#4 Mira

IBM

Speed: 8.16 petaflops per second
Date Created: 2011
 Country: United States
The U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory uses the Mira supercomputer to explore climate change, design more efficient electric-car batteries, and look at the evolution of the universe.


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#5 JUQUEEN

AP

Speed: 1.38 petaflops 
Country: Germany
Date Created: 2012
The Jülich Research Centre in Germany is home to the JuQUEEN, which is used for computational science, engineering, climatology, physics, and materials science. Ranked No. 8 in June, JUQEEN was upgraded and is now the most powerful system in Europe. 
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#6 SuperMUC

AP

Speed: 2.89 petaflops 
Date Created: 2012
Country: Germany
The Leibniz Supercomputing Center in Germany runs the SuperMUC super computer, which is working on science projects in three disciplines including astrophysics; engineering and energy; and chemistry and materials.
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#7 Stampede

TACCutexas

Speed: 2.6 petaflops
Date Created: 2012
Country: Univted States
Stampede, a new addition to the Top 10, is installed at the Texas Advanced Computing Center at the University of Texas in Austin.
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#8 Tianhe-1A

via NVIDIA

Speed: 2.56 petaflops per second
Date Created: 2010
Country: China
Located at the National Supercomputing Center in Tianjin and is used to carry out research in petroleum exploration, solar energy, and perform aircraft simulation. China is currently developing the Tianhe-2 that they claim could hit a speed of 100 petaflops per second by 2015.
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#9 Fermi

World Top Super Computers

Speed: 1.73 petaflops 
Country: Italy
Date Created: 2012
The Fermi supercomputer is owned by Cineca, Italy's computing consortium of 54 universities. It can be found on the Western outskirts of the Italian city of Bologna. Research performed on Fermi will contribute to advances in sustainable energy, transportation, climate change, and health.
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#10 DARPA Trial Subset

Speed: 1.52 petaflops
Country: United States
IBM's DARPA Trial Subset machine is new to the Top 10 list. It was No. 23 when it was ranked in June.