China Wrests Supercomputer Title From U.S.

Will world-class supercomputing help China accelerate its bid toward World Superpower?

The U.S. has not made adequate investment across the board on the key components of the supercomputer ecosystem

NYTIMES Oct 28, 2010 | A Chinese scientific research center has built the fastest supercomputer ever made, replacing the United States as maker of the swiftest machine, and giving China bragging rights as a technology superpower.

The computer, known as Tianhe-1A, has 1.4 times the horsepower of the current top computer, which is at a national laboratory in Tennessee, as measured by the standard test used to gauge how well the systems handle mathematical calculations, said Jack Dongarra, a University of Tennessee computer scientist who maintains the…

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