Right from 1970s, renowned computer giants viz. NEC, Fujitsu and Hitachi in Japan and IBM, Intel and SGI in the U.S. have been making efforts to produce the most powerful computer, calculated in terms of gigaflops and teraflops and finally it is here.

NEC has carved eye-catching laurels to its name by offering a new computer for the supercomputer club. Identified as SX-9 model, this claims to be the “world’s fastest vector supercomputer” present in the market. Its USP include unbeatable processing of 839 teraflops, and vector performance of more than 100 gigaflops per single core.

Devised for the advanced usage in the sciences, this model can be used for weather forecasting, aerospace, to check the changes in environment. The Supercomputer would be exhibited at the Supercomputing 2007 expo in Reno, Nevada scheduled next month. No information about its price is available. The company claims to have sold around 1,000 supercomputers in the SX series.

Via Engadget