THE FIGHT FOR THE FASTEST SUPERCOMPUTER

摘要

In 2015, China claimed the record for the world's most powerful supercomputer-for the third year in a row. The Tianhe-2 crushed the U.S.'s Titan in the esteemed TOP500 supercomputer ranking. And that from a country with only 7 percent of the world's supercomputers (compared with the U.S.'s 46 percent). Computing power translates into economic power and national security, so falling behind should come as a wake-up call. This should be our "Sputnik moment."