One of the supercomputers was most powerful in the world was shifted by an university in Russia.The machine super this was the supercomputer from IBM that had the capacity of the data processor with the speed 27,8 billion per the second.This was his first time of a technology was sent to Russia by IBM, the company of the giant's computer from the United States (the USA).The "agreement with IBM this symbolised a new era for supercomputing in Russia," stated Viktor Sadovnichiy, the rector Moscow State University, that bought this supercomputer.
the Moscow University side must grope in the pocket of USD 5 million (USD 1 of = Rp 9335, the source detikcom) to buy two supercomputers, that had the speed 2,600 times were faster than PC fastest generally.According to IBM, the supercomputer that was sold to Russia got the export licence from the USA provided that only for the interests of the research then.Although being claimed by IBM, this supercomputer entered among them 50 big the world, but that the number of one continue to Blue Gene, the supercomputer belonging to the Department of US Energy that was used to monitor nuclear weapons supplies.The version of Blue Gene that was used by the US government almost 20 times were more powerful than the supercomputer that was bought by Moscow.
