What it is Use Similar products Cost
Supercomputer – “Stampede” Two kinds of INTEL processor › 12,000 eight-core Xeon E5 processors › Intel’s newest MIC chips
Run bigger simulations Test theories Research studies Perform 10 quadrillion operations per sec Uses 9 megawatts of power per year
The Lonestars Ranger System IBM's massive Watson computer The K computer › World's Fastest Computer
$27 million grant from the National Science Foundation
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