AteamofChinesescientistsputtheworld'sfastersupercomputertothetestbyusingittocreatethebiggestvirtualuniverse.They'recallingita"warm-upexercise"forthemachinecalle
China'sSunwayTaihuLightandTianhe-2arestilltheworld'sfastestandsecondfastestmachines,butAmerica'sTitanwassqueezedintofourthplacebyanupgradedSwisssystem,according
China'sSunwayTaihuLightandTianhe-2arestilltheworld'sfastestandsecondfastestmachines,butAmerica'sTitanwassqueezedintofourthplacebyanupgradedSwisssystem,according
China's delight at Sunway TaihuLight being named the world's fastest supercomputer was made all the more sweeter as it marks a shift from using "off-the-shelf" processors to domestic alternatives.
China has bolstered its claim to leadership in the highest reaches of computing with a supercomputer that was built with domestic processor chips.