Fujitsu's K computer at the Riken Advanced Institute for Computational Science in Kobe, Japan, which was in third spot.

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According to RIKEN, the K Computer now has 88, 128 CPUs.

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Tokyo, June 20, 2011 - RIKEN and Fujitsu have taken first place on the 37th TOP500 list announced today at the 26th International Supercomputing Conference (ISC'11) held in Hamburg, Germany.

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Now, the K Computer has met one of its major goals, as RIKEN announced today that using the LINKMARK benchmark, the K Computer has crossed the 10 petaflop barrier, being rated at 10.51 petaflops.

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Developed by researchers at RIKEN and Tokai Rubber Industries (TRI), the new robot can lift a patient up to 80kg in weight off floor-level bedding and into a wheelchair, freeing care facility personnel of one of their most difficult and energy-consuming tasks.

ENGADGET: RIBA-II healthcare robot now stronger, smarter -- still a bear

In 2009, the RIKEN-TRI Collaboration Center for Human-Interactive Robot Research (RTC), a joint project established in 2007 and located at the Nagoya Science Park in central Japan, unveiled a robot called RIBA (Robot for Interactive Body Assistance) designed to assist in this task.

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