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PRIMEHPC FX10
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<p>The PRIMEHPC FX10 is a <a href="/facts/Supercomputer/HT9NwGAN">supercomputer</a> designed and manufactured by <a href="/facts/Fujitsu/6e5gvNSa">Fujitsu</a>. Announced on 7 November 2011 at the <a href="/facts/Supercomputing_Conference/vtBfdQHj">Supercomputing Conference</a>, the PRIMEHPC FX10 is an improved and commercialized version of the <a href="/facts/K_computer/x1lBCwTT">K computer</a>, which was the first supercomputer to obtain more than 10 <a href="/facts/FLOPS/6zYlH68F">PFLOPS</a> on the <a href="/facts/LINPACK_benchmark/2jq30I8o">LINPACK benchmark</a>. In its largest configuration, the PRIMEHPC FX10 has a peak performance 23.2 PFLOPS, power consumption of 22.4 <a href="/facts/Megawatt/VK8oqRrm">MW</a>, and a list price of US$655.4 million. It was succeeded by the PRIMEHPC FX100 with <a href="/facts/SPARC64_XIfx/LSGPFyC9">SPARC64 XIfx</a> processors in 2015. </p>