What is Tianhe-I?
{{Update|date=April 2023}} '''Tianhe-I''' is a [[supercomputer]] made and operated in the [[People's Republic of China]] and has been active since October 29, 2009. In 2010, it was the second fastest supercomputer in the world,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://top500.org/system/10186 |title=Top500 |access-date=2010-10-30 |archive-date=2010-07-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100704201619/http://www.top500.org/system/10186 |url-status=dead }}</ref> replacing the Jaguar supercomputer. It has 98,304 GB of memory and has 2.507 [[FLOPS|petaflops]] at its [[wikt:peak|peak]]. It uses a [[Linux]] [[operating system]]. It is being used for finding energy sources and doing [[wikt:simulation|simulations]] of [[aircraft]] right now. ==Upgrade== It used to have 5,010 CPUs and 2,560 GPUs<ref>[https://www.amd.com/us/press-releases/Pages/powerful-supercomp-2009nov16.aspx AMD press release]</ref> and was ranked the fifth-fastest supercomputer. After the upgrade, it now has 14,336 CPUs and 7,168 GPUs, making it the fastest.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/emerging-tech/2010/10/29/china-builds-worlds-fastest-supercomputer-40090697/ |title=China builds fastest supercomputer, ZDNet |access-date=2010-10-30 |archive-date=2010-10-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101029201701/http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/emerging-tech/2010/10/29/china-builds-worlds-fastest-supercomputer-40090697/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==Related pages== *[[Tianhe-2]] ==References== {{Reflist}} {{tech-stub}} [[Category:Computers]]