The 10 mightiest supercomputers on the planet

It was a familiar top 10 released today by the authors of the twice-annual Top500 ranking of world supercomputers, with most entries largely unchanged from this summer’s list. Here’s a look at the 10 fastest machines in the world.

A mysterious Cray CS-Storm, Infiniband-based machine operated by the U.S. government at an undisclosed location is the lone newcomer to the latest top 10. It’s also the most energy efficient, providing 2386.42 megaflops per watt of power.

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