Wednesday, June 27, 2007; 11:00am
Offered by Harvard University Center for Nanoscale Systems.
Seminar Title: Building the Fastest Computer: the 10-Petaflops
(Linpack) Supercomputer
Dr. Toichi Sakata, Executive Director, RIKEN, Saitama, Japan
60 Oxford Street, Room 330
Abstract:
A 10-petaflop supercomputer will be built in Japan by 2012. This
supercomputer will boast a computing speed that is 50 times faster
than the world's current fastest computer. RIKEN (the Japanese analog
of the US National Laboratories) is responsible for the development,
construction, and operation of the supercomputer, which is a huge
government project with a total budget of 110 billion yen including
facilities for the system and the research grid project. This talk
will first provide a brief overview of RIKEN. Afterwards, we will
describe the newly-established Next-Generation Supercomputer R&D
Center, what is the significance 10-petaflops, and what we hope to
achieve with a 10-petaflop supercomputer. The project goes beyond the
construction of a fast computer: it will also provide support for
applications and actively seek and nurture international research
collaborations of the highest caliber, involving top scientists.
Thus, we will briefly outline possible avenues to enhance future
research collaborations between Harvard and RIKEN researchers.
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