Parts/Accelerators/NEC SX-Aurora TSUBASA Vector Engine
Why this part
The vector architecture that beat everything in 2002 survives as a PCIe card. The Vector Engine runs the application while an x86 host handles the operating system, which is the inverse of a GPU, where the host runs the program and the device runs kernels. It remains genuinely good at the memory-bound codes it was always good at, and it is a niche product because the market consolidated around one programming model.
Systems using this part
- Systems
- 5
- Rmax underneath
- 51.28 PFlop/s
- Units recorded
- 13,824
3 of 5 edges disclose a quantity
| System | Role | Country | Units | System Rmax | Supplied by | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DWD SX-Aurora (2025) 2025 | Accelerator | Germany | - | 13.58 PFlop/s | NEC | #113 → |
| AOBA-S 2023-08 | Accelerator | Japan | 4,032 | 17.22 PFlop/s | NEC | #75 → |
| Earth Simulator 4 2021-03 | Accelerator | Japan | 5,472 | 9.99 PFlop/s | NEC | #39 → |
| Raijin 2020 | Accelerator | Japan | 4,320 | 7.89 PFlop/s | NEC | #33 → |
| DWD SX-Aurora (2020) 2020 | Accelerator | Germany | - | 2.60 PFlop/s | NEC | #140 → |
“Units recorded” sums only the edges where a public source states a quantity. It is a floor, not a total, and should never be read as installed base.