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Earth Simulator

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The Earth Simulator is a series of supercomputers deployed at the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology Yokohama Institute of Earth Sciences.

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Year
2002 1
Significance
Fastest supercomputer in the world from 2002 to 2004 2
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Source Wikipedia: Earth Simulator
Sources
1. Wikidata: Earth Simulator
  • Wikidata Q1277662, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Wikidata Q1277662 P571 (inception)
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2. Wikipedia: Earth Simulator
  • Earth Simulator (first generation), paragraph 1
    the site officially opened on 11 March 2002
  • Earth Simulator (first generation), paragraph 3
    ES was the fastest supercomputer in the world from 2002 to 2004.
  • In Group: Japanese Petascale Supercomputers, deployed at Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
  • In Field: Computer Architecture, Lead paragraph
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