• 2011

Hardware Description

The K computer – named for the Japanese word "kei", meaning 10 quadrillion – is a supercomputer produced by Fujitsu, currently installed at the RIKEN Advanced Institute for Computational Science campus in Kobe, Japan. The K computer is based on a distributed memory architecture, with over 80,000 compute nodes.

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  • Model Number:

    K computer
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  • Hardware Type:

    Computer - SuperComputer
  • Manufacture Year:

    2011
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