Chinese Milky Way-2 Now Fastest Supercomputer on Planet
Twice as fast as the previous U.S. record-holder
A Chinese supercomputer has taken the top spot in a list of the fastest machines on the planet – demonstrating almost twice the performance of the US computer that previously held the title.
The Tianhe-2, or Milky Way-2, a supercomputer developed by China's National University of Defense Technology, is the most powerful computer in the world according to the TOP500 list.
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Big deal. They used a bunch of Intel Xeon Phi processors and a Linux OS. Neither of which were invented in China.
Further proof that communism is superior to laissez-faire...