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Strategies & Market Trends : True face of China -- A Modern Kaleidoscope
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From: RealMuLan11/21/2017 7:48:01 PM
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China Passes U.S. in Supercomputers
16 November 2017
Rick Merritt, EE Times

China is running more of the world's Top 500 supercomputers, cranking out more overall performance than systems in the U.S. for the first time.



SAN JOSE, Calif. — China has passed the U.S. for the first time to lead the world in the number and total performance of supercomputers, according to the latest Top 500 list. Two China server makers — Inspur and Sugon — were the only systems vendors to show significant gains in the latest rankings.

China now has 201 supercomputers on the Top 500, its largest showing to date, compared to 145 for the U.S., it’s all time low. China also leads with 35.3 percent of the total performance of systems on the Top 500 compared to 29.8 percent for the U.S. in second place.

The U.S. maintained its traditional lead in the rankings published six months ago with 169 systems compared to 160 for China. The two countries are far ahead of the pack with third ranked Japan at 35 systems followed by Germany with 20.

China’s rise has been a long time coming but the U.S. is poised for a resurgence next year, said Jack Dongarra, one of the editors of the list and a professor of electrical engineering and computer science at the University of Tennessee.

“China has been building up and developing its supercomputers over the last 15 years or so. In 2001, it had zero systems on the list,” Dongarra said in an email exchange.

“They are developing and replacing Western technology with China-manufactured systems.
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