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China's supercomputers race past US to world dominance
CNET ^ | November 13, 2017 | Stephen Shankland

Posted on 11/14/2017 5:54:18 AM PST by C19fan

For years, China has claimed the top spot on a list of the 500 fastest supercomputers. Now it dominates the overall list, too, pushing the United States into second place.

For the first time, China has the most systems on the Top500 list, 202, up from 159 six months ago. The US dropped from 169 to 144. And in terms of the total performance of those machines, China also overtook the US, the Top500 supercomputer list organizers said.

The news underscores the relentless ascent of China's supercomputing trajectory in recent years. It also marks a notable shift in the international balance of high-end computing power that's closely tied to industrial, academic and military abilities.

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TOPICS: Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: china; computers
Does this mean anything?
1 posted on 11/14/2017 5:54:18 AM PST by C19fan
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To: C19fan

No. We have one downstairs. It doesn’t do much of anything. I’m not even allowed to use it. I think they mostly use it to do DNA research.


2 posted on 11/14/2017 5:55:19 AM PST by AppyPappy (Don't mistake your dorm political discussions with the desires of the nation)
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To: C19fan
Bragging rights.

A fast computer means nothing if it is not used to its fullest capability. This list was only compiled for curiousity's sake in the beginning. Probably still is.

3 posted on 11/14/2017 5:57:50 AM PST by ShadowAce (Linux - The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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To: C19fan

Thank You Bill Clinton , democrat megadonors Hughes and Loral , Clinton’s late dead Commerce Secretary Ron Brown and his incredibly generous sharing Energy Secretary Hazel O Leary for bringing the multipolar world to this moment

http://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/265200/flashback-bill-clinton-gave-china-missile-matthew-vadum


4 posted on 11/14/2017 6:00:02 AM PST by silverleaf (A man who kneels for the national anthem doesn't stand for much of anything)
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To: AppyPappy

I guess you dont much run simulations to ensure the reliability of your nuclear and space weapons..


5 posted on 11/14/2017 6:01:33 AM PST by silverleaf (A man who kneels for the national anthem doesn't stand for much of anything)
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To: C19fan

Pfffft. We are waaaay ahead in gender studies and queer poetry.


6 posted on 11/14/2017 6:04:18 AM PST by Spruce
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To: silverleaf

The university got rid of its nuclear weapons after SALT II.

The supercomputer is actually using video cards to crunch the data. Our original supercomputer was Racks of Macs. DNA research is a gas that will fill any processing holes. The amount of data is enormous.


7 posted on 11/14/2017 6:04:44 AM PST by AppyPappy (Don't mistake your dorm political discussions with the desires of the nation)
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To: AppyPappy
DNA research is a gas that will fill any processing holes. The amount of data is enormous.

Yeah--we're doing genomic research here.

8 posted on 11/14/2017 6:15:19 AM PST by ShadowAce (Linux - The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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To: C19fan

China’s supercomputers race past US to world dominance
Oh yeah! We got Windows 10!


9 posted on 11/14/2017 6:26:04 AM PST by minnesota_bound
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#1: "Does this mean anything?"

It means Chinese best and brightest study STEM and build supercomputers.

This is while America's best and brightest fritter away their time with gossip, chitchat, and cat pictures on Facebook. And all their frittering is done to the empty background beat of ghetto rap foisted upon them by make-a-buck Hollywood.

10 posted on 11/14/2017 6:27:45 AM PST by Governor Dinwiddie (Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?)
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To: Spruce
#6: "Pfffft. We are waaaay ahead in gender studies and queer poetry."

What do you want to bet that not one Chinese university has such a department or field of "study"?

11 posted on 11/14/2017 6:31:28 AM PST by Governor Dinwiddie (Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?)
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To: C19fan

No Chinese stuff breaks down within 3 months.


12 posted on 11/14/2017 6:37:29 AM PST by knighthawk (We will always remember We will always be proud We will always be prepared so we may always be free)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

Pfffft. We are waaaay ahead in gender studies and queer poetry.” ......................... Yeah, and who needs Math???


13 posted on 11/14/2017 6:47:55 AM PST by Bringbackthedraft (Damn, the tag line disappeared again? Coursors!)
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