U.S., June 19 -- IBM has announced that it has built the most powerful commercial supercomputer in the world, Pangea III, for global supermajor Total.
The supercomputer will assist Total with accurately locating fresh resources whilst simultaneously evaluating their respective revenue potentials.
Pangea III's computing power sits at 25 petaflops, which IBM compared to the equivalent of 130,000 laptops.
In its press release, IBM noted that Pangea III is three times more efficient from a power-consumption point of view than Total's predecessor.
"Pangea III's additional computing power enhances Total's operational excellence," said Arnaud Breuillac, President of Total Exploration and Production, in IBM's release.
"It enables Total to re...