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Chinese Computer Trumps US One as World's Fastest

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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 official supercomputer rankings.

Source: CNBC

To be fair I believe the U.S. still has more supercomputers at the top of the list, but this is probably going to change.
 
The USA is probably going to have to share a spot at the top soon.
 
Is there any area in which the U.S. is moving ahead compared to the rest of the world? All I ever see is declining economy, declining manufacturing, declining education, declining tech industry, declining this, declining everything.
 
Is there any area in which the U.S. is moving ahead compared to the rest of the world? All I ever see is declining economy, declining manufacturing, declining education, declining tech industry, declining this, declining everything.

We're #1 in the number of people we incarcerate (both per capita and in absolute terms). We're also #1 or #2 in obesity...I think Mexico surpassed us a couple years ago, but I'm confident we can take back our title with enough determination and Big Macs. :lol:
 
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I think China has more prisoners in absolute terms and russia has a close incarceration rate. Not sure though.
 
Oh boy, China has the fastest super computer...The end is near!
 
Oh boy, China has the fastest super computer...The end is near!

the end of our world supremacy, that's for sure. Thank liberals,
 
Yeah, because there are no liberals in Communist China. Communist China.
 
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