The computer is currently ranked 3rd in the world for the biggest supercomputer, but an update in progress should make it number 1 by late 2012 or early 2013.
The updated model will have over 300,000 cores, which will make the computer extremely fast. It will make even more calculations than the current 2.3 petaflops per second. That's about 2.3 million billion calculations every second!
They believe its final speed will be 10-20 petaflops per second after the upgrade!
The scientists at Oak Ridge National Labs are using all types of modern wonders such as nuclear physics, clean energy science, and nano-scale material modeling.
All sorts of new things are being done to the computer everyday. One of those things is exploring battery chemistry to make sure the supercomputer will last as long as possible.
Here is a picture of the Jaguar:
So, when the Jaguar's update is done, hopefully we will be able to build from it and speed up all home computers and have everyone benefit from its technology.
All this information can be found here: http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2011-10/day-life-supercomputer-oak-ridge-national-labs-jaguar-oct-25-2011
That's a big computer.
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