Sincebeinglaunchedin2010,China'sfirstpetaflopsupercomputerTianhe-1hasservedmorethan1,600clientsasoftheendof2017.Thecomputer,housedattheNationalCenterforSupercom
China has shut down supercomputer Tianhe-1A due to the blast in Tianjin Wednesday night.
Chinese supercomputer builders have downplayed a U.S. government ban on selling Intel processors to China and said the ban may instead boost homegrown expertise.
China's Tianhe-2, the world's fastest supercomputer, is boosting science and technological development at home and abroad.
Chinese scientists announced Monday that China has once again built the world's fastest supercomputer, capable of performing 33.86 quadrillion operations per second, surpassing the U.S. Titan supercomputer.