Titan: a computer $ 97 million ... Research

The U.S. government has ordered a copy of the most powerful computer in the world to conduct research on energy future. Completion expected in 2013. The order was placed with the manufacturer Cray computer for $ 96 million. Named Titan, the supercomputer will be an evolution of the Jaguar that currently have the United States.

To build this machine, a Cray uses the best processor AMD (Opteron) and Nvidia (Tesla). In all, there are between 8,000 and 19,000 chips that make up Titan, or 299 008 hearts, all accompanied by 600 TB of RAM.